Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
गणावूचतुः । शिवशर्मन्महाभाग लोक एष कलानिधेः । पीयूषवर्षिभिर्यस्य करैराप्याय्यते जगत्
gaṇāvūcatuḥ | śivaśarmanmahābhāga loka eṣa kalānidheḥ | pīyūṣavarṣibhiryasya karairāpyāyyate jagat
Les serviteurs dirent : « Ô Śivaśarmā, toi le bienheureux, voici le domaine du Seigneur des kalā (la Lune). Par ses rayons qui font pleuvoir l’amṛta, le monde entier est nourri et ranimé. »
Viṣṇugaṇas (Hari’s attendants)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śivaśarmā
Scene: Gaṇas address Śivaśarmā, pointing to a luminous lunar realm; moonbeams fall like nectar, cooling and reviving the world below.
FAQs
The cosmos is sustained by divine order; Soma’s grace is portrayed as nourishing nectar for the worlds.
Indirectly Kāśī, as the merit-source that enables access to such celestial realms in the narrative arc.
None; it identifies the loka as Somaloka and describes Soma’s nourishing rays.