Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
देवौ तस्मादजायेतामश्विनौ भिषजांवरौ । स्वरूपमनुरूपं च द्युमणिस्तामदर्शयत
devau tasmādajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃvarau | svarūpamanurūpaṃ ca dyumaṇistāmadarśayata
അവനിൽ നിന്നു വൈദ്യന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരായ രണ്ടു ദിവ്യ അശ്വിനീകുമാരന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു; ദ്യുമണിയും അവർക്കു അവരുടെ സ്വഭാവാനുരൂപമായ രൂപം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Traditionally) Skanda/other sages depending on chapter frame; here within Agastya’s narration stream
Scene: Dyumaṇi, radiant like the sun, reveals a fitting divine form to the twin Aśvins newly born—two youthful physicians with lotus-garlands and healing vessels—set against a luminous, sacred backdrop suggestive of Kāśī’s spiritual radiance.
FAQs
Divine roles arise according to innate nature (svarūpa); even celestial gifts like healing are portrayed as dharmically ordained.
The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting, where the wider narrative celebrates Kāśī as the supreme sacred field.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and descriptive.