Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत्रधार इव व्योम व्यायामपरिमापकः । त्रैविक्रमोंघ्रिदंडो वा प्रोद्दंडो गगनांगणे
sūtradhāra iva vyoma vyāyāmaparimāpakaḥ | traivikramoṃghridaṃḍo vā proddaṃḍo gaganāṃgaṇe
Like a stage-manager measuring the expanse of the sky, he stands in the courtyard of heaven—like the upraised staff of Trivikrama’s foot.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the courtyard of heaven, a figure stands like a cosmic stage-manager measuring the sky; alternatively he resembles the upraised staff-like leg of Trivikrama, towering into the firmament.
FAQs
Divine and dharmic greatness is expressed through cosmic metaphors—suggesting that true spiritual stature ‘measures’ the heavens.
None is named; the verse uses Vaiṣṇava cosmic symbolism within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.