Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 180
वृद्धकालेश्वरस्यैष प्रासादो रत्ननिर्मितः । प्रतिदर्शं वसेद्यत्र रात्रौ चंद्रः सतारकः
vṛddhakāleśvarasyaiṣa prāsādo ratnanirmitaḥ | pratidarśaṃ vasedyatra rātrau caṃdraḥ satārakaḥ
ഇത് വൃദ്ധകാലേശ്വരന്റെ രത്നനിർമ്മിത പ്രാസാദമാണ്. ഇവിടെ രാത്രിയിൽ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ ചന്ദ്രൻ ദിനംപ്രതി പൂർണ്ണപ്രകാശത്തോടെ വസിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ തോന്നുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Vṛddhakāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A jewel-like Śiva temple (prāsāda) shimmering under a starry night; the full moon appears poised above the spire as if resting there; devotees gaze upward in awe.
FAQs
The Purāṇa celebrates Kāśī’s Śaiva shrines as cosmic centers—so resplendent that even the moon is poetically said to ‘reside’ there.
The shrine/temple (prāsāda) of Vṛddhakāleśvara in Kāśī.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse serves as a māhātmya-style glorification encouraging darśana (sacred viewing/visit).