Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
विष्टपत्रितयांतर्ये देवर्षिमनुजोरगाः । ससरित्पर्वतारण्याः संति ते तत्र यन्मुने
viṣṭapatritayāṃtarye devarṣimanujoragāḥ | sasaritparvatāraṇyāḥ saṃti te tatra yanmune
ആ ത്രിവിഷ്ടപത്തിന്റെ ത്രിവിധ സ്വർഗ്ഗമണ്ഡലത്തിനുള്ളിൽ ദേവന്മാർ, ഋഷിമാർ, മനുഷ്യർ, നാഗങ്ങൾ—നദികൾ, പർവ്വതങ്ങൾ, വനങ്ങൾ സഹിതം—ഹേ മുനേ, എല്ലാം അവിടെ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame) / addressed ‘muni’ within episode
Scene: A visionary panorama of a Kāśī tīrtha where devas, sages, humans, and nāgas appear together; rivers, mountains, and forests are shown as if folded into one sanctified space.
FAQs
A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as a microcosm: the presence of all orders of beings and landscapes signifies concentrated sanctity.
The description supports the māhātmya of the Kāśī locus being narrated (Pilipilā/Triviṣṭapa context).
None explicitly; it is a cosmological praise establishing the tīrtha’s all-encompassing nature.