Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
जाड्यविध्वंसनकरी जगद्योनिर्जलाविला । जगदानंदजननी जलजा जलजेक्षणा
jāḍyavidhvaṃsanakarī jagadyonirjalāvilā | jagadānaṃdajananī jalajā jalajekṣaṇā
Elle dissipe la lourdeur et l’inertie ; elle est le sein, la source de l’univers, s’écoulant comme l’eau elle-même. Mère qui enfante la béatitude du monde, née du lotus, aux yeux de lotus, elle est louée comme la puissance bénie de Kāśī.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Jāḍya-vidhvaṃsinī aspect)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha audience
Scene: Gaṅgā as a lotus-eyed goddess rising from river-lotuses, sending a bright current that dissolves a grey fog of dullness; devotees awaken at dawn on ghāṭas, lamps still glowing.
FAQs
The Goddess awakens clarity and bliss by destroying inner dullness; in Kāśī, her grace is portrayed as both cosmic source and inner illumination.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred locus of this hymn in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No explicit prescription; the verse supports meditative praise aimed at awakening (removal of jāḍya) and realization of ānanda.