Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
वासांसि क्षालयेदग्निश्चंद्रश्छत्रधरः स्वयम् । सूर्यः प्रकाशयेन्नित्यं क्रीडावाप्यंबुजानि च
vāsāṃsi kṣālayedagniścaṃdraśchatradharaḥ svayam | sūryaḥ prakāśayennityaṃ krīḍāvāpyaṃbujāni ca
अग्नी वस्त्रे धुतो; चंद्र स्वतः छत्रधारी; आणि सूर्य नित्य क्रीडावापीतील कमळांनाही प्रकाश देतो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous sacred garden and temple precinct: Agni personified cleansing cloths, the Moon as a regal attendant holding a white parasol over the Lord, and the Sun casting golden light over lotus-filled pleasure ponds (kṛīḍā-vāpī).
FAQs
Holiness reorders the cosmos into service—purification, protection, and illumination become offerings to the divine presence in Kāśī.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated as the city where cosmic forces themselves act as attendants.
No explicit prescription; the imagery parallels ritual supports—clean garments, shade/royal honor, and continual illumination.