Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
यामं भुक्त्वा तथाग्नेयीं ज्वलंतीं विरहादिव । लवंगैलामृगमदचंद्रचंदनचर्चिताम
yāmaṃ bhuktvā tathāgneyīṃ jvalaṃtīṃ virahādiva | lavaṃgailāmṛgamadacaṃdracaṃdanacarcitāma
Nachdem eine Yāma verstrichen ist, wird das Südostviertel, lodernd wie im Feuer der Trennung, mit Nelke, Kardamom, Moschus, Kampfer und Sandel bestrichen — als wäre es gekühlt und geschmückt.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue-frame, verse-context narration)
Scene: The south-eastern quarter is imagined as a woman heated by viraha, then cooled and adorned with clove, cardamom, musk, camphor, and sandal—fragrance clouds mingle with dawn light.
FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as ritually beautified at dawn—suggesting that auspicious time naturally invites purity, fragrance, and worshipful order.
Kāśī is the backdrop; the verse focuses on dawn’s cosmic adornment rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
No explicit prescription; the imagery echoes pūjā-upacāras (sandal, camphor, perfumes) used in worship.