Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
असाध्यः स हि साध्यानां वसुभ्यो वसुनाधिकः । ग्रहाणां विग्रहधरो दस्रतोऽजस्ररूपभाक्
asādhyaḥ sa hi sādhyānāṃ vasubhyo vasunādhikaḥ | grahāṇāṃ vigrahadharo dasrato'jasrarūpabhāk
तो साध्यांनाही अगम्य, वसूंहूनही अधिक श्रेष्ठ आहे. ग्रहशक्तींमध्ये तो देहधारी होऊन नियमनशक्ती धारण करतो; सदा सहाय्यक, अखंड रूपांचा धनी आहे॥
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A central lordly figure stands above concentric rings of deva-classes—Sādhyas, Vasus, Grahas—each rendered smaller, signifying transcendence; multiple subtle emanations (ajasra-rūpa) radiate outward as protective forms.
FAQs
The divine principle praised here transcends even exalted celestial classes, indicating a supremacy rooted in dharma and spiritual power.
Indirectly Kāśī is upheld through the chapter’s celebratory tone, though this verse itself is primarily a hymn-like exaltation.
None directly; the verse functions as stuti (praise) and theological description.