Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
शैलराजेन रत्नानि यानि पुंजीकृतान्यहो । उत्तरे कालराजस्य तानि तस्य गिरेर्वृषात्
śailarājena ratnāni yāni puṃjīkṛtānyaho | uttare kālarājasya tāni tasya girervṛṣāt
Ach! Die Juwelen, die der König der Berge zu einem Haufen gesammelt hatte, lagen nördlich von Kālarāja, am hohen Hang jenes Berges.
Skanda
Type: peak
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A panoramic vision: the ‘king of mountains’ has heaped jewels on a lofty northern slope beyond a place called Kālarāja; the scene foreshadows the jewel-liṅga’s material origin.
FAQs
Sacred manifestations are anchored in sacred geography; the Purāṇa ties divine presence to identifiable landscapes to guide pilgrimage and remembrance.
The verse supports the backdrop for Ratneśvara’s prādurbhāva; the immediate line names a mountain setting (Śailarāja, Kālarāja) rather than a Kāśī ghāṭa or tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed; it provides geographical-narrative placement for the māhātmya.