Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
महातेजोनिधिस्तस्य प्रासादोतीवनिर्मलः । ज्वालाजटिलिताकाशो माणिक्यैरेव निर्मितः
mahātejonidhistasya prāsādotīvanirmalaḥ | jvālājaṭilitākāśo māṇikyaireva nirmitaḥ
त्या महातेज-निधीचा प्रासाद अत्यंत निर्मळ आहे; जणू केवळ माणिक्यांनीच घडविला असून, त्याच्या प्रभेने आकाश ज्वालांनी गुंतल्यासारखे दिसते।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahāteja (liṅga-prāsāda)
Type: temple
Listener: null
Scene: A spotless, towering temple shimmering like ruby; flames of radiance seem to braid into the sky above the spire; the sanctum glows as if made of gemstones.
FAQs
Holiness is portrayed as visible brilliance: purity and tejas are symbolized through radiant architecture and flame-like splendor.
The prāsāda (temple) of the Mahāteja liṅga within the Kāśī sacred area.
No direct prescription; it is a descriptive praise of the shrine’s sanctified radiance.