Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
सद्यः समस्तसुखदो भूर्भुवःस्वर्निवासिनाम् । गंधवाहागन्धवाहादिग्वधूमुखवासनाः
sadyaḥ samastasukhado bhūrbhuvaḥsvarnivāsinām | gaṃdhavāhāgandhavāhādigvadhūmukhavāsanāḥ
ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಅದು ಭೂಃ-ಭುವಃ-ಸ್ವಃ ಲೋಕನಿವಾಸಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಸುಖದಾಯಕವಾಯಿತು; ದಿಗ್ವಧೂಗಳ ಮುಖಸುವಾಸನೆಯಂತೆ ಸುಗಂಧವನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತ ಗಂಧವಾಹಕ ಗಾಳಿಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಬೀಸಿದವು।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Fragrant winds sweep across the three worlds; personified maidens of the directions (dik-vadhūs) with perfumed faces bless the scene; Kāśī’s skyline and ghats suggested as the earthly anchor.
FAQs
When dharma and divine grace prevail, harmony spreads through all realms, felt as joy and auspicious natural signs.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the narrative; the verse itself describes universal auspiciousness rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it is a description of auspicious nimittas (fragrant winds, universal joy).