Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
चतुर्दशसु या शोभा विष्टपेषु समंततः । तस्मिन्विमाने सास्तीह शतकोटिगुणोत्तरा
caturdaśasu yā śobhā viṣṭapeṣu samaṃtataḥ | tasminvimāne sāstīha śatakoṭiguṇottarā
চৌদ্দটা লোকত চাৰিওফালে যি শোভা আছে, সেই শোভাই তাত থকা সেই বিমানত ইয়াত বিদ্যমান—শত কোটি গুণে অধিক।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit)
Scene: A single vimāna blazing with light that visually contains or surpasses the radiance of all fourteen worlds—planets and lokas faintly orbiting as motifs around the central hall.
FAQs
Kāśī is exalted as a locus where the highest cosmic glory is concentrated and magnified, hinting at its unique liberating power.
Avimukta-Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as surpassing the splendor of all realms.
None; the verse is purely laudatory (māhātmya-style description).