Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
तदंबुपिच्छिले पंके मग्नोन्मग्नोसि भूरिशः । दुःस्वप्नस्यास्य च महान्विपाकोति भयप्रदः
tadaṃbupicchile paṃke magnonmagnosi bhūriśaḥ | duḥsvapnasyāsya ca mahānvipākoti bhayapradaḥ
In that mud made slippery with water, you sink and rise again and again. The ripened consequence (vipāka) of this evil dream is truly severe and exceedingly fear-bestowing.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda speaking to Agastya/kingly interlocutor)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dream-vision: a figure repeatedly sinking and rising in a water-slick mud pit, hands reaching out, with a distant silhouette of Kāśī’s ghāṭas and a faint liṅga-lamp glow suggesting salvation beyond fear.
FAQs
Disturbing dreams and inner turmoil are treated as warnings; a ruler should respond with dharmic vigilance rather than negligence.
The broader frame is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on the ominous dream rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it functions as an omen-description (swapna/utpāta) indicating danger.