Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110
सर्वाण्यायतनान्याशु साब्धीनि स गिरीण्यपि । स नदीनि स तीर्थानि स द्वीपानि ययुस्ततः
sarvāṇyāyatanānyāśu sābdhīni sa girīṇyapi | sa nadīni sa tīrthāni sa dvīpāni yayustataḥ
ਫਿਰ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਸਭ ਆਯਤਨ, ਸਮੁੰਦਰ, ਪਹਾੜ ਵੀ—ਨਦੀਆਂ, ਤੀਰਥ ਅਤੇ ਦੀਪਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ—ਉੱਥੋਂ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ, ਉਸ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਏਕਤਾ ਵੱਲ ਖਿੱਚੇ ਹੋਏ।
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A surreal panorama: temples and shrines lift as if weightless; rivers flow upward as luminous ribbons; mountains and islands glide like living beings; oceans swirl into subtle forms—everything moving away after a divine event, as though released from a central attraction.
FAQs
Kāśī is envisioned as a cosmic hub where the sanctity of all sacred places can be gathered and redirected by divine power.
Kāśī-kṣetra, depicted as influencing and concentrating the wider network of tīrthas.
No direct prescription; the verse expands the māhātmya by describing a universe-scale movement of sacred abodes and tīrthas.