Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
मुक्ताकलापं रचयांचक्रे वक्षोजमंडले । काचिच्छशिमुखी तां तु चंद्रकांतशिलातले
muktākalāpaṃ racayāṃcakre vakṣojamaṃḍale | kācicchaśimukhī tāṃ tu caṃdrakāṃtaśilātale
Seorang menyusun gugusan mutiara pada lingkar dada; dan seorang lagi yang berwajah laksana bulan membaringkannya di atas kepingan batu candrakānta.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: A moon-faced attendant drapes a pearl cluster across the lady’s chest and gently lays her on a luminous candrakānta slab that seems to exude coolness, with faint watery sheen.
FAQs
In dharmic care, beauty and comfort can be offered without agitation—helping the afflicted regain steadiness.
Kāśī is the textual setting, but this verse does not glorify a named tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed; it depicts cooling, comforting arrangements (stone slab, adornment).