Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
कश्चित्काकः समालोक्य मंडूकीं तामितस्ततः । पोप्लूयमानामादाय चंच्वा क्षेत्राद्बहिर्गतः
kaścitkākaḥ samālokya maṃḍūkīṃ tāmitastataḥ | poplūyamānāmādāya caṃcvā kṣetrādbahirgataḥ
ایک کوّے نے وہاں اُس مادہ مینڈکنی کو دیکھا؛ جب وہ تڑپ رہی تھی تو اس نے اسے چونچ میں دبوچ لیا اور مقدّس کھیتر کی حد سے باہر اُڑ گیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (sīmā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A crow swoops in a sharp diagonal across the frame, gripping the frog in its beak; below, the temple spire and ghats of Kāśī recede; a boundary marker is crossed mid-flight, shifting the sky from golden to gray.
FAQs
The narrative underscores the importance of the kṣetra’s sacred boundary, within which special spiritual conditions are said to prevail.
Kāśī-kṣetra as a protected sacred zone distinguished from the outside world.
None directly; it sets up the story illustrating effects of being inside versus outside the kṣetra.