Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
लोकैरप्युषितं लोकं श्यामलांगैश्च लोमशैः । गणौ कथयतां केमी को लोकः पुण्यतः कुतः
lokairapyuṣitaṃ lokaṃ śyāmalāṃgaiśca lomaśaiḥ | gaṇau kathayatāṃ kemī ko lokaḥ puṇyataḥ kutaḥ
ഈ ലോകം അനേകം ജീവികളാൽ വസിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു—ശ്യാമാംഗങ്ങളുള്ളവരും രോമശരുമായവർ. ഓ ഗണങ്ങളേ, പറയുക: ഇവർ ആരെ, ഇത് ഏത് ലോകം, ഏതു പുണ്യത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഇതിന്റെ ഉദ്ഭവം?
Divya Dvija (the celestial brāhmaṇa traveler)
Listener: Gaṇas (addressed)
Scene: The traveler points toward a populous realm of dark, hairy beings; two gaṇas stand beside him as guides, the scene framed like a question posed at the threshold of a new world.
FAQs
A seeker should ask not only ‘what’ is seen, but ‘why’—tracing outcomes back to puṇya and dharma.
No specific earthly tīrtha is named; the discussion remains within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s cosmological instruction.
None; it is an inquiry about karmic causation.