Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
श्रीः परिव्राजिका जाता नितरां सुभगाकृतिः । यामालोक्य जगत्सर्वं चित्रन्यस्तमिवास्थितम्
śrīḥ parivrājikā jātā nitarāṃ subhagākṛtiḥ | yāmālokya jagatsarvaṃ citranyastamivāsthitam
พระศรี (พระลักษมี) บังเกิดเป็นสตรีบรรพชิตจาริก ผู้มีรูปโฉมเป็นมงคลยิ่งนัก; ครั้นโลกทั้งปวงได้เห็น ก็ยืนนิ่งดุจภาพวาด ถูกตรึงด้วยความพิศวง
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)
Scene: A radiant renunciant woman (Śrī) in simple ascetic attire stands in Kāśī; onlookers—citizens, sages, even animals—freeze in astonishment as if painted, the ghāṭs and temples forming a luminous backdrop.
FAQs
Austerity and renunciation can be borne even by divine prosperity (Śrī), revealing that true auspiciousness supports dharma, not mere luxury.
Implicitly the Kāśī sacred setting where such divine manifestations and teachings are narrated.
None directly; the verse emphasizes darśana (the transformative power of beholding the divine).