Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
नगरी प्लाविता स्वप्ने तरंगैः क्षीरनीरधेः । पक्षैस्त्रिचतुरैः शंके महाशंकां पुरौकसाम्
nagarī plāvitā svapne taraṃgaiḥ kṣīranīradheḥ | pakṣaistricaturaiḥ śaṃke mahāśaṃkāṃ puraukasām
স্বপ্নে নগরী ক্ষীরসাগরের তরঙ্গে প্লাবিত হয়েছিল; আমার আশঙ্কা, তিন-চার পক্ষের মধ্যেই নগরবাসীদের উপর মহাভয় নেমে আসবে।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Gaṅgā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A surreal dream: Kāśī’s lanes and rooftops submerged under luminous white waves like milk; foam curls around temple spires; citizens appear as tiny silhouettes; a narrator counts ‘three or four fortnights’ with anxious certainty.
FAQs
Collective danger is signaled through symbolic dreams; communities must respond with unity, discipline, and dharmic safeguards.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting implies Kāśī’s sacred city, though the verse speaks generally of ‘the city’ in an omen-context.
No explicit rite is stated; a time window (three or four pakṣas) is given for the expected crisis.