Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
जाड्यविध्वंसनकरी जगद्योनिर्जलाविला । जगदानंदजननी जलजा जलजेक्षणा
jāḍyavidhvaṃsanakarī jagadyonirjalāvilā | jagadānaṃdajananī jalajā jalajekṣaṇā
ती जडत्वाचा विध्वंस करणारी; ती जगाची योनीस्वरूपा, जलरूपे प्रवाहित आहे. ती जगदानंदाची जननी; कमलजा, कमलनेत्रा—काशीची मंगलशक्ती म्हणून स्तुत आहे.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Jāḍya-vidhvaṃsinī aspect)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha audience
Scene: Gaṅgā as a lotus-eyed goddess rising from river-lotuses, sending a bright current that dissolves a grey fog of dullness; devotees awaken at dawn on ghāṭas, lamps still glowing.
FAQs
The Goddess awakens clarity and bliss by destroying inner dullness; in Kāśī, her grace is portrayed as both cosmic source and inner illumination.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred locus of this hymn in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No explicit prescription; the verse supports meditative praise aimed at awakening (removal of jāḍya) and realization of ānanda.