Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
उदंच न्न्यंचदंगानां लाघवं परितन्वती । निःश्वासामोदमुदित भ्रमराकुलितेक्षणा
udaṃca nnyaṃcadaṃgānāṃ lāghavaṃ paritanvatī | niḥśvāsāmodamudita bhramarākulitekṣaṇā
अंगों को ऊपर-नीचे उठाती-गिराती वह लाघव की छटा फैलाती थी; अपने निःश्वास की सुगंध से हर्षित, उसकी आँखें भौंरों से व्याकुल थीं।
Skanda (narrator)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāmune
Scene: Śivā in mid-play: limbs rising and lowering with effortless lightness; a subtle aura of fragrance; bees hovering around her eyes as if drawn to divine sweetness; the motion suggests lāsya-dance within a ball-game.
FAQs
The māhātmya frames the sacred place through divine beauty and līlā, inviting contemplative devotion (bhakti) beyond mere geography.
Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī, continuing the scene of Śivā’s sportive presence.
None; the verse is descriptive, establishing the devotional mood of the narrative.