Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं ततो मत्वा स विघ्नजित् । विधाय बहुधात्मानं काश्यां स्थितिमवाप च
kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ tato matvā sa vighnajit | vidhāya bahudhātmānaṃ kāśyāṃ sthitimavāpa ca
Alors Vighnajit, se tenant pour celui qui a accompli son dessein, se manifesta en de multiples formes et prit demeure en Kāśī.
Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Vighnajit stands at a Kāśī crossroads and multiplies into many identical forms spreading through lanes, ghats, and palace corridors, as if occupying the city’s very breath.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a divinely inhabited realm where sacred powers establish enduring presence for the world’s welfare.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) itself is foregrounded as the holy locus.
None directly; it explains the theological basis for Kāśī’s sanctity—divine residence.