Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
वरोद्यते करे सव्ये मातुलुंग फलं शुभम् । कुमारीरूपिणी नित्यं नित्यं द्वादशवार्षिकी
varodyate kare savye mātuluṃga phalaṃ śubham | kumārīrūpiṇī nityaṃ nityaṃ dvādaśavārṣikī
بائیں ہاتھ میں وہ ور دینے والی مُدرا دکھاتی ہے اور مبارک ماتُلُنگ (بجورا) کا پھل تھامتی ہے؛ وہ ہمیشہ کنیا روپ میں رہتی ہے—ہمیشہ بارہ برس کی۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee-audience within dialogue frame
Scene: The devī holds varada in the left hand and an auspicious citron fruit; she remains eternally in the form of a twelve-year-old maiden.
FAQs
The liberating power of Kāśī is compassionate and boon-giving, depicted through the goddess’s varada gesture and auspicious emblems.
Maṇikarṇikā Tīrtha in Kāśī, through the ever-youthful goddess who grants boons to devotees.
No explicit rite; the verse continues the dhyāna description for devotional practice.