Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
क्षरंत इव मातंगाः स्रवंत इव पर्वताः । मदेन धातुरागेण मिश्रैः शुशुभिरे गणाः
kṣaraṃta iva mātaṃgāḥ sravaṃta iva parvatāḥ | madena dhāturāgeṇa miśraiḥ śuśubhire gaṇāḥ
Les Gaṇas resplendissaient—tels des éléphants suintant le mad, tels des montagnes laissant sourdre des eaux—enduits des teintes mêlées de l’ivresse et du rouge minéral qui s’écoulait.
Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A host of Śiva’s gaṇas, bodies smeared with mingled red mineral streaks and the sheen of intoxicated vigor, gleam like rutting elephants and seep-scarred mountains, assembling before combat.
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses nature-similes to convey the overwhelming, world-like force of divine attendants, suggesting that cosmic order expresses itself even through fierce forms.
Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework, but this verse is not a direct description of a tīrtha.
None.