Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
अष्टांगाभरणानां च संख्या कर्तुं न शक्यते । वाससां च विचित्राणां कोमलानां तथा मुने
aṣṭāṃgābharaṇānāṃ ca saṃkhyā kartuṃ na śakyate | vāsasāṃ ca vicitrāṇāṃ komalānāṃ tathā mune
ഹേ മുനേ, ഓരോ അവയവവും അലങ്കരിക്കുന്ന ആഭരണങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണം എണ്ണിക്കൂട്ടാൻ കഴിയില്ല; അതുപോലെ തന്നെ വർണ്ണവൈവിധ്യമുള്ള কোমല വസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ഗണനാതീതമാണ്।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A divine retinue described through uncountable limb-ornaments and delicate, variegated garments—an overwhelming vision of celestial finery preceding the approach to Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred grandeur is portrayed as immeasurable, implying that worldly measures fail before a divinely charged tirtha.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the preeminent Śaiva sacred city.
None explicitly; the verse functions as mahātmya-style praise through description.