Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत्रधार इव व्योम व्यायामपरिमापकः । त्रैविक्रमोंघ्रिदंडो वा प्रोद्दंडो गगनांगणे
sūtradhāra iva vyoma vyāyāmaparimāpakaḥ | traivikramoṃghridaṃḍo vā proddaṃḍo gaganāṃgaṇe
Gaya ng isang tagapamahala ng tanghalan na sumusukat sa lawak ng kalangitan, siya’y nakatindig sa looban ng langit—na wari’y ang nakataas na tungkod ng paa ni Trivikrama.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the courtyard of heaven, a figure stands like a cosmic stage-manager measuring the sky; alternatively he resembles the upraised staff-like leg of Trivikrama, towering into the firmament.
FAQs
Divine and dharmic greatness is expressed through cosmic metaphors—suggesting that true spiritual stature ‘measures’ the heavens.
None is named; the verse uses Vaiṣṇava cosmic symbolism within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.