Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
अष्टांगाभरणानां च संख्या कर्तुं न शक्यते । वाससां च विचित्राणां कोमलानां तथा मुने
aṣṭāṃgābharaṇānāṃ ca saṃkhyā kartuṃ na śakyate | vāsasāṃ ca vicitrāṇāṃ komalānāṃ tathā mune
हे मुने, अंगांगावर शोभणाऱ्या अलंकारांची संख्या मोजता येत नाही; तसेच विचित्र व कोमल वस्त्रेही गणनेपलीकडे आहेत।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A divine retinue described through uncountable limb-ornaments and delicate, variegated garments—an overwhelming vision of celestial finery preceding the approach to Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred grandeur is portrayed as immeasurable, implying that worldly measures fail before a divinely charged tirtha.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the preeminent Śaiva sacred city.
None explicitly; the verse functions as mahātmya-style praise through description.