Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
अतिचारगतो मंदः पुनर्वक्राध्व संस्थितः । पापग्रहसमायुक्तो न युक्तोयमिहेष्यते
aticāragato maṃdaḥ punarvakrādhva saṃsthitaḥ | pāpagrahasamāyukto na yuktoyamiheṣyate
Si Śani, na pumasok sa di-karaniwang landas at muling tumigil sa pag-urong (retrograde), na kasabay ng mga mapaminsalang planeta—ang ganitong ayos ay di nararapat dito at nagbabadya ng di-mabuting bunga.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An astrologer in Kāśī charts the heavens: Saturn shown retrograde with a looping path, clustered with dark ‘malefic’ planets; citizens gather under a temple lamp, faces lit with concern.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma reads cosmic disturbance as a call for ethical correction and spiritual vigilance.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred landscape; the omen is narrated within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s city-centric mahatmya frame.
No direct rite; it describes an inauspicious planetary condition.