Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
दिवश्चोल्काः प्रपतिताः पिशाचा नृत्यमादधुः । आतापिगृध्रैरुपरि गगने मंडलायितम्
divaścolkāḥ prapatitāḥ piśācā nṛtyamādadhuḥ | ātāpigṛdhrairupari gagane maṃḍalāyitam
آسمان سے شعلہ بار اُلکائیں گرنے لگیں؛ پِشَچ ناچنے لگے؛ اور اوپر آسمان میں جھلساتے گِدھ حلقہ باندھ کر چکر کاٹنے لگے۔
Unknown from snippet (narrative description)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night-like gloom at midday: fiery meteors streak down; piśācas dance at the margins of the pavilion with wild hair and contorted limbs; a ring of vultures wheels in the scorching sky; terrified onlookers clutch prayer beads.
FAQs
In Purāṇic dharma narrative, ominous signs (apāśakuna) warn that unseen disorder has entered; one should pause, reflect, and restore right order.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered framework.
No direct prescription; the verse lists inauspicious portents affecting the sacrificial setting.