Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
गणावूचतुः । लोहितांगस्य लोकोयं शिवशर्मन्निबोध ह । उत्पत्तिं चास्य वक्ष्यावो भूसुतोयं यथाभवत्
gaṇāvūcatuḥ | lohitāṃgasya lokoyaṃ śivaśarmannibodha ha | utpattiṃ cāsya vakṣyāvo bhūsutoyaṃ yathābhavat
เหล่าคณะคณะ (คณะของพระศิวะ) กล่าวว่า: “จงรู้เถิด โอ้ศิวศรมัน—โลกนี้เป็นของโลหิตางคะ เราจักกล่าวถึงกำเนิดของเขาด้วย และว่าเขาเป็นโอรสแห่งปฐพีได้อย่างไร”
Śiva-gaṇas (attendants of Śiva)
Tirtha: Lohitāṅga-loka (as named)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śivaśarman
Scene: Two Gaṇas speak authoritatively to Śivaśarman, pointing toward an unseen radiant realm, announcing it belongs to Lohitāṅga and beginning his birth-story as Earth’s son.
FAQs
Holy places are often explained through sacred lineages; knowing a kṣetra’s ‘origin story’ strengthens faith and right understanding.
The narrative frames a ‘loka’ connected to Lohitāṅga within the Kāśī/Avimukta sacred landscape.
None; the verse introduces an etiological (origin) narration.