Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
भीमचंड्युत्तरद्वारं सदा रक्षेदतंद्रिता । भीमेश्वरस्य पुरतः पाशमुद्गरधारिणीम्
bhīmacaṃḍyuttaradvāraṃ sadā rakṣedataṃdritā | bhīmeśvarasya purataḥ pāśamudgaradhāriṇīm
भीम-चंडी सदैव जागरूक राहून उत्तरद्वाराचे रक्षण करते. भीमेश्वराच्या समोर ती पाश व मुद्गर धारण करून उभी असते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Bhīmeśvara (with Bhīma-Caṇḍī at uttara-dvāra)
Type: temple
Scene: At the northern gate of Kāśī, Bhīma-Caṇḍī stands alert, holding pāśa and mudgara, positioned before the shrine of Bhīmeśvara; the gate is depicted as a sacred arch with protective yantra-like motifs, while shadowy threats recoil.
FAQs
Kāśī is depicted as a divinely administered sacred city, with vigilant Śaktis guarding its thresholds for the protection of pilgrims.
The precinct near Bhīmeśvara in Kāśī, especially the northern gate protected by Bhīma-Caṇḍī.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse gives a protective-topographical description of the kṣetra.