Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
उदुंबरैरंबरगैरनंतफलमालितैः । ब्रह्मांडकोटीर्बिभ्रंतमनंतमिव सर्वतः
uduṃbarairaṃbaragairanaṃtaphalamālitaiḥ | brahmāṃḍakoṭīrbibhraṃtamanaṃtamiva sarvataḥ
উদুম্বর ও অম্বরগ বৃক্ষ অনন্ত ফলের মালায় সুশোভিত হয়ে, সে বন সর্বত্র যেন স্বয়ং অনন্ত—অগণিত ব্রহ্মাণ্ডকোটি ধারণকারী—এমনই প্রতিভাত হল।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (cosmic form depiction)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A boundless sacred orchard: udumbara and aṃbaraga trees hang heavy with innumerable fruits; the grove visually expands into a cosmic panorama, as if each fruit were a universe and the whole scene is Ananta manifest.
FAQs
Kāśī is framed as a microcosm of the cosmos—its sacredness is ‘infinite’ and all-pervading.
Kāśī-kṣetra in its cosmic aspect, as praised in Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is stated here.