Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
न नारी तादृगस्तीह ना भरी किन्नरी न च । विद्याधरी न नो नागी गंधर्वी नासुरी न च
na nārī tādṛgastīha nā bharī kinnarī na ca | vidyādharī na no nāgī gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca
Di sini tiada perempuan seperti dirinya—bukan pula bidadari surga, bukan kinnarī. Bukan vidyādharī, bukan nāgī, bukan gandharvī, bahkan asurī pun tak mampu menandinginya.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A tableau of comparative figures: faint, ethereal silhouettes of kinnarīs, vidyādharīs, nāgīs, gandharvīs in the sky, all visually ‘dimmed’ beside the central maiden in Kāśī, emphasizing her unmatched presence.
FAQs
Purāṇic praise uses cosmic comparisons to show how extraordinary qualities can manifest in the human realm within a sacred kṣetra.
Kāśī, implicitly, as the setting where such remarkable lives are narrated.
None; this is descriptive praise within the storyline.