Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
चंद्रकांतमणीनां च स्तंभाधार शिलाश्च याः । चित्ररत्नमयैस्तंभैः स्तंभितास्तत्प्रभाभराः
caṃdrakāṃtamaṇīnāṃ ca staṃbhādhāra śilāśca yāḥ | citraratnamayaistaṃbhaiḥ staṃbhitāstatprabhābharāḥ
Et les pierres de socle qui portent les piliers sont faites de gemmes de pierre de lune ; soutenues par des piliers de joyaux bigarrés, elles sont chargées d’une profusion débordante de lumière.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (assumed frame)
Scene: Close-up of pillar bases: moonstone pedestals glowing with cool lunar sheen; above them, pillars of multicolored jewels, the whole hall flooded with layered radiance.
FAQs
The jeweled imagery signals that Kāśī’s sanctity is not ordinary wealth but divine effulgence—an outward sign of inner liberation.
Avimukta-Kāśī, through descriptions of its divinely radiant supports and foundations.
None; the focus is on sacred description (sthala-vaibhava).