Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 210
तदग्रे तारकेशश्च तदग्रे स्वर्णभारदः । तदुत्तरे मरुत्तेशः शक्रेशश्च तदग्रतः
tadagre tārakeśaśca tadagre svarṇabhāradaḥ | taduttare marutteśaḥ śakreśaśca tadagrataḥ
மேலும் முன்னே தாரகேசர் உள்ளார்; அதற்கும் முன்னே ஸ்வர்ணபாரதர் உள்ளார். அதன் வடக்கில் மருத்தேசர் உள்ளார்; அதன் முன்புறம் சக்ரேசரும் விளங்குகிறார்.
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A processional map-like scene through Kāśī lanes: four small shrines in sequence—Tārakeśa, Svarṇabhārada, Śakreśa, and Marutteśa—each with subtle emblematic motifs (star/‘tārā’, gold offering, thunderbolt banner, wind-swept flags).
FAQs
Kāśī is revealed as a mapped sacred landscape where moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic discipline.
The sequence of liṅgas: Tārakeśa, Svarṇabhārada, Marutteśa, and Śakreśa within Kāśī.
Directional pilgrimage—visiting the shrines in the stated order and locations.