Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
हिरण्यगर्भः स्वर्लोकेप्येक एव प्रकाशते । हिरण्यगर्भाः सर्वेषां तत्पौराणामिहालयाः
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ svarlokepyeka eva prakāśate | hiraṇyagarbhāḥ sarveṣāṃ tatpaurāṇāmihālayāḥ
سورگ لوک میں ہِرَنیہ گربھ (برہما) اکیلا ہی یکتا نور کی طرح چمکتا ہے؛ مگر یہاں اُن شہریوں کے گھروں میں ہر سو ‘ہِرَنیہ گربھ’ جیسے خزانے، فراوانی اور جلال و تجلّی پائے جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A luminous vision of Kāśī’s neighborhoods: every home radiates ‘hiraṇya-garbha’ splendor—golden light, auspicious vessels, orderly streets—contrasted with a distant svarga where Brahmā alone shines as Hiraṇyagarbha.
FAQs
When dharma prevails in a sacred place, prosperity becomes widespread—divine ‘splendor’ is not confined to a single celestial throne but shared among many.
Kāśī is implied as the city where abundance and sacred brilliance fill the homes of its inhabitants.
None; the verse praises the fruit of residing in or belonging to the blessed realm.