Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
कालाक्षोरण भद्रस्तु कौलेयः कालकंपनः । एते पूर्वेण रक्षंति गंगापारे स्थिता गणाः
kālākṣoraṇa bhadrastu kauleyaḥ kālakaṃpanaḥ | ete pūrveṇa rakṣaṃti gaṃgāpāre sthitā gaṇāḥ
Si Kālākṣa, Oraṇabhadra, Kauleya, at Kālakaṃpana—ang mga gaṇang ito, na nakahimpil sa kabilang pampang ng Gaṅgā, ang nagtatanggol sa silangang panig.
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā at Kāśī (gaṅgā-pāra boundary)
Type: sangam
Scene: On the far bank of the Gaṅgā, a line of gaṇas—Kālākṣa, Oraṇabhadra, Kauleya, Kālakaṃpana—stand watch facing Kāśī, with moonlit water between, boats drifting, and the city’s temples silhouetted.
FAQs
Even the river-banks and borders of Kāśī are integrated into a sacred protective order, affirming the kṣetra’s inviolability.
Kāśī in relation to the Gaṅgā—especially the eastern side across the river.
None; the verse catalogs protective gaṇas and their placement.