Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
महाविभव संभारैर्महाभोगैरनेकधा । व्युष्टायां स नृपो रात्र्यां प्रातराहूतवान्द्विजम्
mahāvibhava saṃbhārairmahābhogairanekadhā | vyuṣṭāyāṃ sa nṛpo rātryāṃ prātarāhūtavāndvijam
വിവിധവിധ മഹാവിഭവസമ്പത്തുകളും മഹാഭോഗങ്ങളും ഒരുക്കി, രാത്രി കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ആ രാജാവ് പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ ആ ദ്വിജനെ വിളിപ്പിച്ചു।
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: काशी-क्षेत्र (प्रसङ्ग)
Type: kshetra
Listener: श्रवणसमाजः
Scene: रात्र्याः व्यतीते प्रातःकाले राजप्रासादे सेवकाः ब्राह्मण-आह्वानाय गच्छन्ति; राजवैभव-सम्भारः, शयनागारात् सभागृहं प्रति गमनम्
FAQs
Wealth becomes dharmic when used to honor the righteous and seek wise counsel.
Kāśī is the underlying sacred landscape; the verse narrates conduct within the Kāśī royal setting.
No formal rite; it implies an auspicious morning summons for consultation and honoring of a brāhmaṇa.