Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
स्कंद उवाच । तुला मुक्ताफलानां तु कोटिद्वय परीमिताः । तथा वारितराणां च हीरकाणां तुला शतम्
skaṃda uvāca | tulā muktāphalānāṃ tu koṭidvaya parīmitāḥ | tathā vāritarāṇāṃ ca hīrakāṇāṃ tulā śatam
Skanda dit : «Deux crores, au poids, de perles ; et de même, cent tulās, au poids, de diamants et d’autres gemmes d’excellence.»
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage/brāhmaṇa interlocutor (as addressed in surrounding verses)
Scene: Skanda, as divine narrator, enumerates immense quantities of pearls and diamonds offered in Kāśī—piles of luminous gems before a sanctified altar, with priests recording measures (tulā) and devotees in reverent wonder.
FAQs
Material abundance is portrayed as an instrument for dharma—wealth becomes sanctified when directed toward righteous purpose and sacred journeys.
Within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī’s praise), this verse supports the narrative setting rather than naming a tīrtha.
Implied dāna/offerings through enumerating valuables; no explicit rite is stated.