Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
तथेति भगवत्योक्त्वा गणाः प्रासादनिर्मितौ । सोमनंदि प्रभृतयो ऽसंख्या व्यापारिता मुने
tatheti bhagavatyoktvā gaṇāḥ prāsādanirmitau | somanaṃdi prabhṛtayo 'saṃkhyā vyāpāritā mune
La Bhagavatī ayant dit : « Qu’il en soit ainsi », les gaṇas se mirent à bâtir le temple. Conduits par Somanandin et d’autres, d’innombrables (gaṇas) furent employés à l’ouvrage, ô sage.
Narrator (Skanda, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical Nāimiṣāraṇya audience)
Scene: At the Goddess’s assent, hosts of gaṇas—led by Somanandin—begin raising a temple structure in Kāśī, carrying stones, gold plates, banners, and ritual tools in coordinated motion.
FAQs
Divine work in a sacred place is supported by divine forces, underscoring the sanctity of temple-building in Kāśī.
Kāśī, where the Ratneśvara shrine construction becomes part of the kṣetra’s sacred history.
No direct rite; it narrates organized construction of the prāsāda by Śiva’s gaṇas.