Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
कश्चित्काकः समालोक्य मंडूकीं तामितस्ततः । पोप्लूयमानामादाय चंच्वा क्षेत्राद्बहिर्गतः
kaścitkākaḥ samālokya maṃḍūkīṃ tāmitastataḥ | poplūyamānāmādāya caṃcvā kṣetrādbahirgataḥ
ஒரு காகம் அந்தத் தவளைப் பெண் அலைந்து தத்தளிப்பதைப் பார்த்து, தன் அலகில் பிடித்துக் கொண்டு க்ஷேத்திர எல்லையைத் தாண்டி வெளியே பறந்தது.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (sīmā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A crow swoops in a sharp diagonal across the frame, gripping the frog in its beak; below, the temple spire and ghats of Kāśī recede; a boundary marker is crossed mid-flight, shifting the sky from golden to gray.
FAQs
The narrative underscores the importance of the kṣetra’s sacred boundary, within which special spiritual conditions are said to prevail.
Kāśī-kṣetra as a protected sacred zone distinguished from the outside world.
None directly; it sets up the story illustrating effects of being inside versus outside the kṣetra.