Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
तदंबुपिच्छिले पंके मग्नोन्मग्नोसि भूरिशः । दुःस्वप्नस्यास्य च महान्विपाकोति भयप्रदः
tadaṃbupicchile paṃke magnonmagnosi bhūriśaḥ | duḥsvapnasyāsya ca mahānvipākoti bhayapradaḥ
সেই পানীৰে পিচ্ছিল হোৱা কাদাত, হে ভূৰীশ, তুমি বাৰে বাৰে ডুবি পুনৰ ওপৰলৈ উঠিছা। এই দুঃস্বপ্নৰ বিপাক নিশ্চয়েই মহা ভয়ংকৰ আৰু অতিশয় ভয়দায়ক।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda speaking to Agastya/kingly interlocutor)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dream-vision: a figure repeatedly sinking and rising in a water-slick mud pit, hands reaching out, with a distant silhouette of Kāśī’s ghāṭas and a faint liṅga-lamp glow suggesting salvation beyond fear.
FAQs
Disturbing dreams and inner turmoil are treated as warnings; a ruler should respond with dharmic vigilance rather than negligence.
The broader frame is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on the ominous dream rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it functions as an omen-description (swapna/utpāta) indicating danger.