Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
अतिचारगतो मंदः पुनर्वक्राध्व संस्थितः । पापग्रहसमायुक्तो न युक्तोयमिहेष्यते
aticāragato maṃdaḥ punarvakrādhva saṃsthitaḥ | pāpagrahasamāyukto na yuktoyamiheṣyate
शनी अतिचारगतीने जाऊन पुन्हा वक्री मार्गावर स्थिर झाला आहे; पापग्रहांसह हा योग येथे योग्य नाही, अशुभ फल देणारा आहे.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An astrologer in Kāśī charts the heavens: Saturn shown retrograde with a looping path, clustered with dark ‘malefic’ planets; citizens gather under a temple lamp, faces lit with concern.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma reads cosmic disturbance as a call for ethical correction and spiritual vigilance.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred landscape; the omen is narrated within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s city-centric mahatmya frame.
No direct rite; it describes an inauspicious planetary condition.