Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
न च्छिद्रं लेभिरे क्वापि नृपविघ्नचिकीर्षवः । ततः समेत्य ताः सर्वा योगिन्यो वंध्यवांछिताः । तस्थुः संमंत्र्य तत्रैव न गता मंदरं पुनः
na cchidraṃ lebhire kvāpi nṛpavighnacikīrṣavaḥ | tataḥ sametya tāḥ sarvā yoginyo vaṃdhyavāṃchitāḥ | tasthuḥ saṃmaṃtrya tatraiva na gatā maṃdaraṃ punaḥ
राजाला विघ्न घालण्याची इच्छा असूनही त्यांना कुठेही छिद्र (संधी) मिळाली नाही. मग इच्छा निष्फळ झाल्याने खिन्न झालेल्या त्या सर्व योगिन्या एकत्र आल्या, तिथेच सल्लामसलत करून थांबल्या; आणि पुन्हा मंदरास परत गेल्या नाहीत.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical)
Scene: Yoginīs searching for a crack in the city’s spiritual armor—peering at gates, shrines, thresholds—then regrouping in a shadowed alley to confer, their faces tense, Mandara mountain faintly imagined as a distant origin they refuse to return to.
FAQs
Kāśī is shown as a dharma-protected realm where harmful designs fail, reinforcing the city’s unassailable sacred order.
Kāśī, implied as a place where even powerful Yoginīs cannot find a “chidra” (breach) to disturb dharmic stability.
None; the passage is narrative, emphasizing Kāśī’s protective sanctity.