Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
ततो गच्छन्ददर्शाग्रे हृष्टपुष्टजनावृतम् । पिचंडिलैः स्थूलवक्त्रैर्मेघगंभीरनिःस्वनैः
tato gacchandadarśāgre hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtam | picaṃḍilaiḥ sthūlavaktrairmeghagaṃbhīraniḥsvanaiḥ
তারপর অগ্রসর হতে হতে সে সামনে দেখল—আনন্দিত ও সুপুষ্ট জনসমূহে পরিপূর্ণ এক অঞ্চল; স্থূলমুখ, দৃঢ়দেহ, আর মেঘগর্জনের মতো গভীর স্বরে ধ্বনিত।
Narrator (contextual voice within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: A bright, bustling region ahead: well-fed, jubilant beings with stout faces; their voices roll like thunderclouds, suggesting power and collective presence.
FAQs
Purāṇic cosmology portrays varied realms; outward conditions reflect inner and karmic causes explained in subsequent verses.
None; this is a descriptive passage about a non-earthly realm within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.