Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
लोके त एव धनधान्यसमृद्धिभाजस्ते पुत्रपौत्रसुकलत्र सुमित्रवंतः । तेषां यशः प्रसरचंद्रकरावदातं विश्वं भवेद्भवसि येषु सुदृक्त्वमीशे
loke ta eva dhanadhānyasamṛddhibhājaste putrapautrasukalatra sumitravaṃtaḥ | teṣāṃ yaśaḥ prasaracaṃdrakarāvadātaṃ viśvaṃ bhavedbhavasi yeṣu sudṛktvamīśe
এই জগতত তেৱেঁই ধন-ধান্য আৰু সমৃদ্ধিৰ ভাগী হয়; তেওঁলোক পুত্ৰ-পৌত্ৰ, সুকলত্ৰ আৰু সুমিত্ৰেৰে ধন্য। তেওঁলোকৰ যশ চন্দ্ৰকিৰণৰ দৰে শুভ্ৰ আৰু বিস্তৃত হৈ বিশ্বত প্ৰসাৰিত হয়—হে ঈশ্বৰী, যিসকলৰ ওপৰত তুমি কৃপাদৃষ্টি নিক্ষেপ কৰা।
Devas (deduced from continued collective praise following the previous verse)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī casts a gentle, luminous glance like moonbeams over devotees: households with full granaries, harmonious families, and bards spreading their fame; the city of Kāśī glows under a moonlit sky.
FAQs
Divine grace (anugraha) is presented as the true source of prosperity, harmony in family life, and enduring good reputation.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context situates the hymn within Kāśī’s sacred landscape, where devotion is said to yield both worldly welfare and spiritual uplift.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is devotion and reverent praise to attract Devī’s auspicious glance.