Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
महातेजोनिधिस्तस्य प्रासादोतीवनिर्मलः । ज्वालाजटिलिताकाशो माणिक्यैरेव निर्मितः
mahātejonidhistasya prāsādotīvanirmalaḥ | jvālājaṭilitākāśo māṇikyaireva nirmitaḥ
اس مہاتَیج کا پرساد گویا مہاتَیج کا خزانہ ہے—نہایت پاکیزہ—یوں معلوم ہوتا ہے جیسے صرف یاقوتوں سے بنا ہو؛ اس کی چمک سے اوپر کا آسمان گویا شعلوں میں الجھا ہوا دکھائی دیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahāteja (liṅga-prāsāda)
Type: temple
Listener: null
Scene: A spotless, towering temple shimmering like ruby; flames of radiance seem to braid into the sky above the spire; the sanctum glows as if made of gemstones.
FAQs
Holiness is portrayed as visible brilliance: purity and tejas are symbolized through radiant architecture and flame-like splendor.
The prāsāda (temple) of the Mahāteja liṅga within the Kāśī sacred area.
No direct prescription; it is a descriptive praise of the shrine’s sanctified radiance.