Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
बकोपि पल्वले मत्स्यान्नाश्नात्यग्रेचरानपि । न महांतोप्यमहतो मत्स्या मत्स्यानदंति वै
bakopi palvale matsyānnāśnātyagrecarānapi | na mahāṃtopyamahato matsyā matsyānadaṃti vai
تالاب میں بگلا بھی اپنے سامنے والی مچھلیاں نہیں کھاتا، اور بڑی مچھلیاں بھی چھوٹی مچھلیوں کو نہیں نگلتیں۔ کاشی کے مقدّس میدان میں فطری درندگی بھی تھم جاتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tranquil pond within Kāśī’s sacred precincts: a heron stands poised yet refrains; large fish glide beside small fish without harm; distant ghats and temple spires suggest the kṣetra’s aura.
FAQs
In Kāśī’s sanctified atmosphere, even instinctive violence is pacified—hinting at the kṣetra’s power to purify and civilize beings.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī), praised as a field whose presence transforms conduct even among animals.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse illustrates the inherent purifying influence of residing in or approaching the kṣetra.