Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
महामहोत्सवः सर्वैः पुरौकोभिर्वितन्यते । तस्मिन्प्रशासति भुवं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
mahāmahotsavaḥ sarvaiḥ puraukobhirvitanyate | tasminpraśāsati bhuvaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare
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Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bustling Kāśī street-festival on Hari’s day: decorated doorways, lamp rows, conch and drum processions, devotees carrying tulasī and banners, temple spires in the background, and the king’s orderly presence ensuring dharma.
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Collective devotion (public festival) strengthens dharma and turns sacred time into shared spiritual merit.
Kāśī’s sacred civic life as depicted in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where devotion becomes a public culture.
Celebration of Hari-vāsara as a mahotsava (grand devotional festival).