Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
कथं प्रमथनाथोसौ रममाणो निरंतरम् । दिगंबरः पितृवने शिवया धूलिधूसरः
kathaṃ pramathanāthosau ramamāṇo niraṃtaram | digaṃbaraḥ pitṛvane śivayā dhūlidhūsaraḥ
“Bagaimana mungkin Sang Nātha para Pramatha bersenang tanpa henti—berbusana arah (digambara), di pitrivana, tanah kremasi, bersama Śivā, berdebu kelabu?”
Two ritual-focused interlocutors in the narrative (implied from dual verb forms; not explicitly named in the snippet)
Tirtha: Śmaśāna/Pitṛvana (within Kāśī imagery)
Type: ghat
Listener: Muni (frame listener)
Scene: An objection/question: how can the Lord of Pramathas revel continuously—naked as the directions, in the pitṛvana/cremation forest, dust-ash grey, together with Śivā? The scene evokes the cremation ground, gaṇas, ash, and divine play.
FAQs
Śiva’s transcendence overturns conventional notions of purity and status: even cremation-ground imagery points to His freedom from worldly limitation.
The cremation-ground motif resonates strongly with Kāśī’s liberation theology (antyeṣṭi and mokṣa in Kāśī), but this verse does not name a specific ghat or tirtha.
None; the line questions Śiva’s appearance and dwelling rather than prescribing a rite.