Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
आपृच्छ्य सर्वान्समुनीन्मुनीश्वरः सबालवृद्धानपि तत्रवासिनः । तृणानि वृक्षांश्चलताः समस्ताः पुरीं परिक्रम्य च निर्ययौ च
āpṛcchya sarvānsamunīnmunīśvaraḥ sabālavṛddhānapi tatravāsinaḥ | tṛṇāni vṛkṣāṃścalatāḥ samastāḥ purīṃ parikramya ca niryayau ca
Tendo-se despedido de todos os sábios e dos moradores dali, jovens e velhos, o muni excelso partiu; e, após circundar a cidade em pradakṣiṇā, saiu, como se até as relvas e as árvores se movessem com ele.
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame inferred; verse is narrative description within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-parikramā (kṣetra-pradakṣiṇā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A venerable sage, after bowing to assembled sages and townsfolk—children, elders—walks the circumambulatory path around Kāśī; trees lean and grasses ripple as if following, while the city’s ghāṭas and temples glow in farewell light.
FAQs
A holy place is honored through respectful leave-taking and parikramā; devotion sanctifies even the act of departure.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), revered as a city worthy of circumambulation.
Purī-parikramā—circumambulation of the sacred city as an act of reverence.