Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
असाध्यः स हि साध्यानां वसुभ्यो वसुनाधिकः । ग्रहाणां विग्रहधरो दस्रतोऽजस्ररूपभाक्
asādhyaḥ sa hi sādhyānāṃ vasubhyo vasunādhikaḥ | grahāṇāṃ vigrahadharo dasrato'jasrarūpabhāk
وہ سادھیوں کے لیے بھی ناقابلِ حصول ہے اور وسوؤں سے بھی برتر ہے۔ گرہوں میں وہ مجسم اقتدار کی قوت دھارے ہوئے ہے؛ ہمیشہ مددگار، اور بےانقطاع صورتوں کا مالک ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A central lordly figure stands above concentric rings of deva-classes—Sādhyas, Vasus, Grahas—each rendered smaller, signifying transcendence; multiple subtle emanations (ajasra-rūpa) radiate outward as protective forms.
FAQs
The divine principle praised here transcends even exalted celestial classes, indicating a supremacy rooted in dharma and spiritual power.
Indirectly Kāśī is upheld through the chapter’s celebratory tone, though this verse itself is primarily a hymn-like exaltation.
None directly; the verse functions as stuti (praise) and theological description.