Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
लक्ष्मी रुवाच । काशिराजः पुरा ह्यासीज्जयसेन इति श्रुतः । तस्य भार्यासहस्रं तु ह्यासीद्रूपसमन्वितम्
lakṣmī ruvāca | kāśirājaḥ purā hyāsījjayasena iti śrutaḥ | tasya bhāryāsahasraṃ tu hyāsīdrūpasamanvitam
ലക്ഷ്മി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് കാശിയിൽ ‘ജയസേനൻ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഒരു രാജാവുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവനു രൂപസമ്പന്നമായ ആയിരം ഭാര്യമാർ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।
Lakṣmī
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Lakṣmī narrates the ancient court of Jayasena of Kāśī—an opulent palace scene suggesting prosperity and worldly splendor that will later be redirected into devotion.
FAQs
Worldly power and abundance form the backdrop against which devotion and tīrtha-based merit are later highlighted.
Kāśī is the narrative setting; the tīrtha focus unfolds as the story progresses.
None in this verse; it establishes characters for the forthcoming tīrtha-centered episode.