Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
स्कंद उवाच । चिरयत्सुगणेष्वेषु चतुर्ष्वपिगणेश्वरः । महिमानं महत्त्वं तु तत्काश्याः पर्यवर्णयत्
skaṃda uvāca | cirayatsugaṇeṣveṣu caturṣvapigaṇeśvaraḥ | mahimānaṃ mahattvaṃ tu tatkāśyāḥ paryavarṇayat
स्कंद म्हणाले—या चार उत्तम गणांमध्ये दीर्घकाळ स्थित राहून, गणेश्वराने त्या काशीची महिमा व महत्त्व यांचे सविस्तर वर्णन केले।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (as praised by Gaṇeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda speaks in a celestial hall; four noble gaṇas stand nearby, and Gaṇeśvara, their lord, gestures as if recounting Kāśī’s glory—visions of Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples appear like a luminous panorama behind them.
FAQs
The text signals authoritative praise of Kāśī, framing its māhātmya as taught by exalted divine attendants.
Kāśī as a whole (the sacred city), whose mahimā is being formally described.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces the authoritative narration of Kāśī’s greatness.