Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
करमर्दैः करीरैश्च करजैश्चकरंबकैः । सहस्रकरवद्भांतमर्थिप्रत्युद्गतैः करैः
karamardaiḥ karīraiśca karajaiścakaraṃbakaiḥ | sahasrakaravadbhāṃtamarthipratyudgataiḥ karaiḥ
Geschmückt mit karamarda-, karīra-, karaja- und karaṃbaka-Bäumen erschien es wie eines mit tausend Händen — Hände, die sich den Bittenden entgegenstrecken, die um Zuflucht und Segen nahen.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A lush sacred grove by the river with karamarda, karīra, karaja, and karaṃbaka trees; branches extend outward like many arms, as if greeting pilgrims arriving with folded hands.
FAQs
The holy place is compassionate—Kāśī ‘reaches out’ to devotees, implying divine accessibility and protection for sincere seekers.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a welcoming kṣetra where petitioners come for merit and grace.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on the kṣetra’s hospitable, merit-giving nature.