Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
वंशाधिरोहणे दक्षा रज्जुमार्गेण चेतरा । काचिद्वातुलचेष्टाऽभूत्पथि चीवरवेष्टना
vaṃśādhirohaṇe dakṣā rajjumārgeṇa cetarā | kācidvātulaceṣṭā'bhūtpathi cīvaraveṣṭanā
एक बांबूवर चढण्यात दक्ष होती, दुसरी दोरीच्या मार्गावर चालणारी. एक वेड्यासारखी चेष्टा करू लागली, आणि एक रस्त्यावर चिवर/चिथड्यांत गुंडाळून फिरत राहिली.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A bamboo-pole climber performing near a ghāṭa; a tightrope walker crossing above a lane; a woman with wild, ‘mad’ gestures; another wrapped in torn rags walking the road—temple spires and Gaṅgā steps behind, onlookers mixed with pilgrims.
FAQs
Kāśī contains extremes of human conduct and appearance; the kṣetra narrative holds that sanctity can encompass even the socially marginal and unusual.
Kāśī-kṣetra in general; no named tīrtha is specified.
None.