Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
स्कंद उवाच । चिरयत्सुगणेष्वेषु चतुर्ष्वपिगणेश्वरः । महिमानं महत्त्वं तु तत्काश्याः पर्यवर्णयत्
skaṃda uvāca | cirayatsugaṇeṣveṣu caturṣvapigaṇeśvaraḥ | mahimānaṃ mahattvaṃ tu tatkāśyāḥ paryavarṇayat
Skanda said: Among these four excellent hosts of Gaṇas, Gaṇeśvara, their lord, fully described the glory and greatness of that Kāśī.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (as praised by Gaṇeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda speaks in a celestial hall; four noble gaṇas stand nearby, and Gaṇeśvara, their lord, gestures as if recounting Kāśī’s glory—visions of Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples appear like a luminous panorama behind them.
FAQs
The text signals authoritative praise of Kāśī, framing its māhātmya as taught by exalted divine attendants.
Kāśī as a whole (the sacred city), whose mahimā is being formally described.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces the authoritative narration of Kāśī’s greatness.