Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
तव पित्रा हिमवता गिरिराजेन भामिनि । त्वामुद्दिश्य महारत्नसंभारोत्राप्यनायि हि
tava pitrā himavatā girirājena bhāmini | tvāmuddiśya mahāratnasaṃbhārotrāpyanāyi hi
O maningning na giliw, sa pamamagitan ng iyong ama na si Himavat, ang hari ng mga bundok, isang dakilang kayamanan ng mahahalagang hiyas ang dinala rin dito—na inihandog at inilaan para sa iyo.
Śiva (Devadeva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Himavat, regal as the king of mountains, brings a vast treasury of jewels to Kāśī for his daughter; the jewels gleam before Śiva and Pārvatī as part of the shrine’s origin tale.
FAQs
Even worldly gifts (jewels) become sanctified when connected to divine purpose, forming the background for a tīrtha’s sacred origin.
Śaileśvara in Kāśī, whose jewel-based sanctity is linked to Himavat’s offering.
No explicit rite; the verse provides the etiological (origin) context for the jewel manifestation.