Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
तांद्रष्टुं मानसः पुत्रो ब्रह्मणस्तपसांनिधिः । कृतवल्कलकौपीनो धृत कृष्णाजिनांबरः । गृहीतब्रह्मदंडश्च त्रिवृन्मौंजी सुमेखलः । उरस्थलस्थ तुलसी मालया समलंकृतः
tāṃdraṣṭuṃ mānasaḥ putro brahmaṇastapasāṃnidhiḥ | kṛtavalkalakaupīno dhṛta kṛṣṇājināṃbaraḥ | gṛhītabrahmadaṃḍaśca trivṛnmauṃjī sumekhalaḥ | urasthalastha tulasī mālayā samalaṃkṛtaḥ
彼女に会うため、ナーラダ——梵天ブラフマーの意生の子にして、苦行（タパス）の宝蔵——は出立した。樹皮の衣と腰布をまとい、黒羚羊の皮を肩に掛け、バラモンの杖を手にし、三つ撚りのムンジャの帯を美しく締め、胸にはトゥラシーの花輪を飾っていた。
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada sets out as an austere brahmacārin-sage: bark garments, loincloth, black antelope-skin, brahma-daṇḍa, triple muñja girdle, tulasī garland on his chest—poised for a sacred audience.
FAQs
True authority in dharma is marked by tapas (discipline) and humility, symbolized by the sage’s simple ascetic emblems and devotional tulasī.
This verse is descriptive rather than a tīrtha-eulogy; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa it supports the broader Kāśī-māhātmya frame while the scene shifts to Dvārakā in the narrative.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse highlights ascetic insignia (daṇḍa, mauñjī, kṛṣṇājina) and tulasī as devotional markers.