Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
स्वयं परिदधुश्चान्ये दुकूलानि मुदा युताः । जगृहुः केचन पुरा रत्नानां पर्वतं कृतम्
svayaṃ paridadhuścānye dukūlāni mudā yutāḥ | jagṛhuḥ kecana purā ratnānāṃ parvataṃ kṛtam
اور کچھ لوگ خوشی سے نفیس دُکول کے لباس خود پہن لیتے تھے؛ اور کچھ نے پہلے سے جمع کیا ہوا جواہرات کا ڈھیر—گویا جواہرات کا پہاڑ—اپنے قبضے میں لے لیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: In the wrecked sacrificial hall, some laugh and drape themselves in fine cloth; others haul away a glittering heap—‘a mountain of jewels’—amid scattered offerings and broken implements.
FAQs
Material abundance (garments, jewels) cannot sanctify an act that lacks true devotion and right order of worship.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse contributes to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Shaiva teaching atmosphere.
None; it narrates the taking of offerings/wealth associated with the disrupted yajña.