Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 210
तदग्रे तारकेशश्च तदग्रे स्वर्णभारदः । तदुत्तरे मरुत्तेशः शक्रेशश्च तदग्रतः
tadagre tārakeśaśca tadagre svarṇabhāradaḥ | taduttare marutteśaḥ śakreśaśca tadagrataḥ
पुढे तारकेश आहेत, आणि त्याही पुढे स्वर्णभारद आहेत। त्याच्या उत्तरेस मरुत्तेश आहेत, आणि त्याच्या समोर शक्रेशही विराजमान आहेत।
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A processional map-like scene through Kāśī lanes: four small shrines in sequence—Tārakeśa, Svarṇabhārada, Śakreśa, and Marutteśa—each with subtle emblematic motifs (star/‘tārā’, gold offering, thunderbolt banner, wind-swept flags).
FAQs
Kāśī is revealed as a mapped sacred landscape where moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic discipline.
The sequence of liṅgas: Tārakeśa, Svarṇabhārada, Marutteśa, and Śakreśa within Kāśī.
Directional pilgrimage—visiting the shrines in the stated order and locations.