Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
त्वत्स्वेदादंबुनिधयस्तव श्रोत्रं समीरणः । बाहवस्ते दशदिशो मुखं ते ब्राह्मणाः स्मृताः
tvatsvedādaṃbunidhayastava śrotraṃ samīraṇaḥ | bāhavaste daśadiśo mukhaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
तुमच्या स्वेदातून समुद्र उत्पन्न झाले; वायू हे तुमचे कर्ण; दहा दिशा तुमच्या भुजा; आणि ब्राह्मण हे तुमचे मुख म्हणून स्मरले जातात.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as cosmic giant: beads of sweat becoming oceans; a wind-stream entering the ear; ten directions as radiant arms extending outward; brāhmaṇas depicted as a luminous ‘mouth’ of mantra-fire and sacred speech.
FAQs
The cosmos and social-sacred order are portrayed as expressions of the divine body, linking creation with dharma.
Kāśī is the overarching setting, though no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
None directly; it is descriptive symbolism.