Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
तव पित्रा हिमवता गिरिराजेन भामिनि । त्वामुद्दिश्य महारत्नसंभारोत्राप्यनायि हि
tava pitrā himavatā girirājena bhāmini | tvāmuddiśya mahāratnasaṃbhārotrāpyanāyi hi
Ô resplendissante, par ton père Himavat, roi des montagnes, fut apporté ici aussi un grand amas de joyaux précieux, destiné à toi.
Śiva (Devadeva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Himavat, regal as the king of mountains, brings a vast treasury of jewels to Kāśī for his daughter; the jewels gleam before Śiva and Pārvatī as part of the shrine’s origin tale.
FAQs
Even worldly gifts (jewels) become sanctified when connected to divine purpose, forming the background for a tīrtha’s sacred origin.
Śaileśvara in Kāśī, whose jewel-based sanctity is linked to Himavat’s offering.
No explicit rite; the verse provides the etiological (origin) context for the jewel manifestation.