Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
तटेतटेपटुवटैरुच्चैःपटकुटी वृतम् । कुटजस्तबकैर्भांतमधिष्ठितबकैरिव
taṭetaṭepaṭuvaṭairuccaiḥpaṭakuṭī vṛtam | kuṭajastabakairbhāṃtamadhiṣṭhitabakairiva
प्रत्येक तटावर उंच, कणखर वटवृक्षांनी ते असे वेढले होते की जणू किनारा पानांच्या कुट्यांची माळच परिधान करीत आहे। कुटजाच्या फुलगुच्छांनी ते असे उजळत होते, जसे बगळ्यांच्या वस्तीने तट शुभ्र दीप्त होतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī–Gaṅgā-taṭa (general ghāṭa-maṇḍala)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (standard audience)
Scene: A continuous Ganga shoreline ringed by tall, sturdy banyans; leafy hut-like canopies; clusters of white kuṭaja blossoms; white herons perched, making the bank gleam like a garlanded pavilion.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as naturally sanctified—its landscape itself becomes a sign of holiness, inviting reverence through beauty and purity.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially its riverbank environment associated with pilgrimage and sacred presence.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as māhātmya-style glorification through sacred topography.