Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
काचिदाकर्पणीं सिद्धिं ददावुच्चाटनं परा । काचिन्निजांगसौंदर्य युवचित्तविमोहिनी
kācidākarpaṇīṃ siddhiṃ dadāvuccāṭanaṃ parā | kācinnijāṃgasauṃdarya yuvacittavimohinī
ஒருத்தி ஆகர்ஷணீ‑சித்தியை அருளினாள்; இன்னொருத்தி உச்சாடன‑கிரியையை வழங்கினாள். மற்றொருத்தி தன் அங்கச் சௌந்தரியத்தால் இளைஞர்களின் மனங்களை மயக்கினாள்.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame, not explicit in verse)
Scene: Three figures: one woman confers an attraction-siddhi; another performs uccāṭana with ritual gestures; a third, radiant in youthful beauty, turns heads of young men in a Kāśī lane near the ghāṭa.
FAQs
Attraction—whether through siddhi or beauty—can bind minds; Purāṇic dharma implies such forces should be restrained and oriented toward higher good, especially in a sacred kṣetra.
Kāśī-kṣetra generally; no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
Only the terms ākarpaṇa and uccāṭana are mentioned; no explicit ritual procedure is given.