Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
ततोपि स मया प्रोक्तः स्वप्नो मिथ्याऽशुचिष्मताम् । भवादृशाममिथ्यैव स्वाख्या सदृशवर्तिनाम्
tatopi sa mayā proktaḥ svapno mithyā'śuciṣmatām | bhavādṛśāmamithyaiva svākhyā sadṛśavartinām
তথাপিও মই তাক ক’লোঁ: ‘অশুচি লোকৰ বাবে স্বপ্ন মিথ্যা; কিন্তু তোমাৰ দৰে—যিসকলে নিজৰ মহৎ স্বভাবৰ অনুৰূপ আচৰণ কৰে—মোৰ আত্মপ্ৰকাশ কেতিয়াও মিথ্যা নহয়।’
Caṇḍikā (Devī)
Tirtha: Kedāra (truth of prādurbhāva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī speaks with compassionate authority, one hand raised in teaching (upadeśa-mudrā), the other in blessing; Vasiṣṭha listens attentively. The background shifts from mist to clarity—symbolizing the transition from ‘dream’ to ‘truth’ through purity.
FAQs
Spiritual purity makes divine encounter veridical; impurity breeds distortion and disbelief.
Kāśī’s Kedāra-kṣetra context, where divine manifestation is affirmed as real.
No explicit rite; the verse implies śauca (purity) and dharmic living as prerequisites for true darśana.