Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
हिरण्यगर्भः स्वर्लोकेप्येक एव प्रकाशते । हिरण्यगर्भाः सर्वेषां तत्पौराणामिहालयाः
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ svarlokepyeka eva prakāśate | hiraṇyagarbhāḥ sarveṣāṃ tatpaurāṇāmihālayāḥ
സ്വർലോകത്തിൽ ഹിരണ്യഗർഭൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) ഒരുത്തൻ മാത്രമേ പ്രകാശിക്കൂ; എന്നാൽ ഇവിടെ ആ നഗരവാസികളുടെ വീടുവീടുകളിൽ ‘ഹിരണ്യഗർഭ’സദൃശമായ സമൃദ്ധിയും ദീപ്തിയും എല്ലായിടത്തും നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A luminous vision of Kāśī’s neighborhoods: every home radiates ‘hiraṇya-garbha’ splendor—golden light, auspicious vessels, orderly streets—contrasted with a distant svarga where Brahmā alone shines as Hiraṇyagarbha.
FAQs
When dharma prevails in a sacred place, prosperity becomes widespread—divine ‘splendor’ is not confined to a single celestial throne but shared among many.
Kāśī is implied as the city where abundance and sacred brilliance fill the homes of its inhabitants.
None; the verse praises the fruit of residing in or belonging to the blessed realm.