Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
वंशाधिरोहणे दक्षा रज्जुमार्गेण चेतरा । काचिद्वातुलचेष्टाऽभूत्पथि चीवरवेष्टना
vaṃśādhirohaṇe dakṣā rajjumārgeṇa cetarā | kācidvātulaceṣṭā'bhūtpathi cīvaraveṣṭanā
একজন বাঁশে ওঠায় দক্ষ ছিল, আরেকজন দড়ির পথে চলত। একজন উন্মত্তের মতো আচরণ করত, আরেকজন পথে চীবর/ছেঁড়া কাপড়ে জড়িয়ে ঘুরে বেড়াত।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A bamboo-pole climber performing near a ghāṭa; a tightrope walker crossing above a lane; a woman with wild, ‘mad’ gestures; another wrapped in torn rags walking the road—temple spires and Gaṅgā steps behind, onlookers mixed with pilgrims.
FAQs
Kāśī contains extremes of human conduct and appearance; the kṣetra narrative holds that sanctity can encompass even the socially marginal and unusual.
Kāśī-kṣetra in general; no named tīrtha is specified.
None.