Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
अद्यापि होमधूमोघैर्यद्व्याप्तं गगनांतरम् । तदा प्रभृति न व्योम नीलिमानं जहात्यदः
adyāpi homadhūmoghairyadvyāptaṃ gaganāṃtaram | tadā prabhṛti na vyoma nīlimānaṃ jahātyadaḥ
آج بھی وہاں آسمان کی وسعت ہَون کے گھنے دھوئیں کے بادلوں سے بھری ہوئی کہی جاتی ہے؛ اسی وقت سے وہ فلک اپنی گہری نیلاہٹ نہیں چھوڑتا۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha (implied locus)
Type: ghat
Scene: A panoramic view of Kāśī’s ghāṭas with a deep-blue sky veiled by lingering sacrificial smoke-clouds; shafts of light, drifting incense-like haze, and silhouettes of temples and flags.
FAQs
Kāśī preserves the living imprint of sacred acts; holy deeds performed there continue to sanctify the very elements.
The Daśāśvamedha region in Kāśī, remembered through the enduring ‘presence’ of yajña-smoke in the sky.
Homa (fire-offering) as part of large yajñas, implied as the source of the sanctifying smoke.