Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
पुरी परिवृता स्वप्ने मृगयूथैः समंततः । रोरूयमाणैरत्यर्थं मासेनैवोद्वसी भवेत्
purī parivṛtā svapne mṛgayūthaiḥ samaṃtataḥ | rorūyamāṇairatyarthaṃ māsenaivodvasī bhavet
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Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dreamlike vision: the city of Kāśī encircled by wild beasts in herds, mouths open in terrible cries; moonlit ghats and silhouettes of temples inside the ring of animals.
FAQs
Collective fear and disorder are portrayed as karmic omens; rulers and citizens must restore dharma to prevent social collapse.
The narrative setting remains Kāśī; the verse uses the city as a sacred stage where dharma’s rise or fall becomes visible through omens.
None directly; it describes a svapna-utpāta (dream omen) prompting remedial action.