Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
नमेरुभिश्च मेरूच्चशिखरैरिव राजितम् । राजादनैश्च मदनैः सदनैरिव कामिनाम्
namerubhiśca merūccaśikharairiva rājitam | rājādanaiśca madanaiḥ sadanairiva kāminām
नमेरूसारख्या उंच शिखरांनी ते मेरूच्या उच्च शिखरांसारखे शोभत होते; आणि राजादन व मदन वृक्षांनी ते जणू कामिनांच्या रम्य सदनांसारखे भासत होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred landscape that looks mountainous with Meru-like high summits; interspersed are rājādana and madana trees forming elegant ‘pleasure-houses’—natural pavilions suggesting refined romance amid grandeur.
FAQs
Kāśī is exalted as both majestic (Meru-like) and delight-giving—its sanctity is experienced as upliftment and bliss.
Kāśī-kṣetra overall, through metaphors of mountains and enchanting groves.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.