Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
नैमिषाद्देवदेवोत्र ब्रह्मावर्तेन संयुतः । तत्रांशमात्रं संस्थाप्य काश्यामाविरभूद्विभो
naimiṣāddevadevotra brahmāvartena saṃyutaḥ | tatrāṃśamātraṃ saṃsthāpya kāśyāmāvirabhūdvibho
نَیمِش سے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا یہاں آئے، برہماورت کے ساتھ وابستہ ہو کر۔ وہاں اپنے وجود کا محض ایک اَنس قائم کر کے، اے قادرِ مطلق، پروردگار کاشی میں ظاہر ہوا۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (as manifestation-site of Deva-deva’s aṃśa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic travel scene: from a forest-sacrifice setting of Naimiṣa and the dharmic plain of Brahmāvarta, a radiant ‘Deva-deva’ presence moves toward Kāśī; a small luminous ‘aṃśa’ is placed like a seed of light, from which Kāśī’s skyline and ghats emerge.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a direct theater of divine presence, where the Lord’s manifestation sanctifies the landscape and makes it a living tīrtha.
The Brahmāvarta-associated sacred zone in Kāśī, linked to Naimiṣa and the Lord’s manifestation.
No explicit rite is commanded; the verse explains the theological origin of the site’s sanctity (āvirbhāva/manifestation).