Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
केचिदूचुर्द्विजवरा मिथः परियियासवः । महाझंझानिलः प्राप्तः पर्वतांदोलनक्षमः
kecidūcurdvijavarā mithaḥ pariyiyāsavaḥ | mahājhaṃjhānilaḥ prāptaḥ parvatāṃdolanakṣamaḥ
काही श्रेष्ठ द्विज परस्पर फिरत-फिरत म्हणाले—“एक प्रचंड झंझावात आला आहे, जो पर्वतांनाही हलविण्यास समर्थ आहे.”
Dvija-varāḥ (brāhmaṇas/ritual participants)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas in white garments move quickly within the pavilion, pointing toward a darkening horizon; trees bend; banners snap; dust spirals enter the sacred enclosure.
FAQs
Nature mirrors metaphysical disturbance in Purāṇic storytelling; sudden storms function as warnings of deeper unseen forces.
No specific tīrtha is named; the broader textual setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; it is a description of an ominous sign affecting the ritual environment.