Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
बाह्यावरणगाश्चैते काश्यामष्टौ विनायकाः । उच्चाटयत्यभक्तांश्च भक्तानां सर्वसिद्धिदाः
bāhyāvaraṇagāścaite kāśyāmaṣṭau vināyakāḥ | uccāṭayatyabhaktāṃśca bhaktānāṃ sarvasiddhidāḥ
ये काशी के बाह्य आवरण में स्थित आठ विनायक हैं। वे अभक्तों को दूर भगाते हैं और भक्तों को सर्व सिद्धियाँ प्रदान करते हैं।
Skanda
Tirtha: Aṣṭa-vināyaka (Kāśī bāhyāvaraṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/interlocutor of Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration
Scene: Eight Vināyakas stationed like sentinels around Kāśī’s outer boundary; a luminous protective ring. Devotees are welcomed with boons, while the faithless are turned away by an unseen force.
FAQs
Sacred space is protected by divine guardians: devotion grants siddhi, while irreverence is spiritually repelled.
The outer protective circuit (bāhya-āvaraṇa) of Kāśī where eight Vināyakas are stationed.
No explicit ritual is mentioned; the verse summarizes outcomes for bhaktas versus abhaktas.