Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
स्थावरा जंगमं रूपं धृत्वा याताः सहस्रशः । महामहोत्सवे तस्मिन्बभूवाकालकौमुदी
sthāvarā jaṃgamaṃ rūpaṃ dhṛtvā yātāḥ sahasraśaḥ | mahāmahotsave tasminbabhūvākālakaumudī
அசையாதவர்களும் அசையும் வடிவம் கொண்டு ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் அங்கே வந்தனர். அந்த மாபெரும் மகோৎসவத்தில் காலமல்லாத ஜ்யோட்ச்னை போன்ற ஒளி எழுந்ததுபோல் தோன்றியது.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (festival night)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Trees, stones, and fixed beings take on moving forms and stream toward the festival; the night glows with an unseasonal, cool moonlit brilliance over Kāśī’s ghāṭs and temples.
FAQs
In a supremely sacred celebration, even nature transcends ordinary limits—symbolizing that holiness awakens all beings toward dharma.
Kāśī, portrayed as the locus of a festival so powerful that cosmic and natural marvels manifest.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes auspicious omens accompanying the sacred celebration.