Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
ततः प्रभाते संजाते सर्वेषां पश्यतामहम् । हिमाद्रे प्रस्थितः प्राप्तस्तूयमानः सुरर्षिभिः
tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte sarveṣāṃ paśyatāmaham | himādre prasthitaḥ prāptastūyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ
پھر جب صبح طلوع ہوئی، سب کے دیکھتے دیکھتے میں روانہ ہوا اور ہِمادری جا پہنچا، جبکہ دیوی رشی میری ستائش کر رہے تھے۔
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa default narration)
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At sunrise, the deity departs/arrives amid a gathered assembly; celestial sages hover in the sky offering hymns, with the Himalaya rendered as luminous peaks.
FAQs
Holy acts performed in dharmic order are witnessed and affirmed by higher beings; divine movement itself becomes part of tīrtha-glorification.
The verse references Himādri (Himālaya) as a sanctified landscape within the wider Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on auspicious timing (morning) and divine commendation.