Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110
सर्वाण्यायतनान्याशु साब्धीनि स गिरीण्यपि । स नदीनि स तीर्थानि स द्वीपानि ययुस्ततः
sarvāṇyāyatanānyāśu sābdhīni sa girīṇyapi | sa nadīni sa tīrthāni sa dvīpāni yayustataḥ
ನಂತರ ಅಲ್ಲಿ നിന്ന് ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಆಯತನಗಳು, ಸಮುದ್ರಗಳು, ಪರ್ವತಗಳೂ ಸಹ—ನದಿಗಳು, ತೀರ್ಥಗಳು, ದ್ವೀಪಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ—ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಟುಹೋದವು; ಆ ದಿವ್ಯ ಸಂಗಮಕ್ಕೆ ಎಳೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಂತೆಯೇ.
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A surreal panorama: temples and shrines lift as if weightless; rivers flow upward as luminous ribbons; mountains and islands glide like living beings; oceans swirl into subtle forms—everything moving away after a divine event, as though released from a central attraction.
FAQs
Kāśī is envisioned as a cosmic hub where the sanctity of all sacred places can be gathered and redirected by divine power.
Kāśī-kṣetra, depicted as influencing and concentrating the wider network of tīrthas.
No direct prescription; the verse expands the māhātmya by describing a universe-scale movement of sacred abodes and tīrthas.