Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
करमर्दैः करीरैश्च करजैश्चकरंबकैः । सहस्रकरवद्भांतमर्थिप्रत्युद्गतैः करैः
karamardaiḥ karīraiśca karajaiścakaraṃbakaiḥ | sahasrakaravadbhāṃtamarthipratyudgataiḥ karaiḥ
Adorned with karamarda, karīra, karaja and karaṃbaka trees, it appeared like one with a thousand hands—hands extended as if to welcome supplicants approaching for refuge and blessing.
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.