Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
वरोद्यते करे सव्ये मातुलुंग फलं शुभम् । कुमारीरूपिणी नित्यं नित्यं द्वादशवार्षिकी
varodyate kare savye mātuluṃga phalaṃ śubham | kumārīrūpiṇī nityaṃ nityaṃ dvādaśavārṣikī
De sa main gauche, elle manifeste le geste qui accorde les grâces, tenant aussi le fruit auspicieux du cédrat ; et, à jamais, elle demeure sous la forme d’une jeune fille, perpétuellement âgée de douze ans.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee-audience within dialogue frame
Scene: The devī holds varada in the left hand and an auspicious citron fruit; she remains eternally in the form of a twelve-year-old maiden.
FAQs
The liberating power of Kāśī is compassionate and boon-giving, depicted through the goddess’s varada gesture and auspicious emblems.
Maṇikarṇikā Tīrtha in Kāśī, through the ever-youthful goddess who grants boons to devotees.
No explicit rite; the verse continues the dhyāna description for devotional practice.