Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
चतुर्दशसु या शोभा विष्टपेषु समंततः । तस्मिन्विमाने सास्तीह शतकोटिगुणोत्तरा
caturdaśasu yā śobhā viṣṭapeṣu samaṃtataḥ | tasminvimāne sāstīha śatakoṭiguṇottarā
চৌদ্দ লোকের সর্বত্র যে শোভা বিদ্যমান, সেই শোভাই সেই বিমানে এখানে শত-কোটি গুণে অধিক হয়ে প্রকাশিত।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit)
Scene: A single vimāna blazing with light that visually contains or surpasses the radiance of all fourteen worlds—planets and lokas faintly orbiting as motifs around the central hall.
FAQs
Kāśī is exalted as a locus where the highest cosmic glory is concentrated and magnified, hinting at its unique liberating power.
Avimukta-Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as surpassing the splendor of all realms.
None; the verse is purely laudatory (māhātmya-style description).