Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
अतिचारगतो मंदः पुनर्वक्राध्व संस्थितः । पापग्रहसमायुक्तो न युक्तोयमिहेष्यते
aticāragato maṃdaḥ punarvakrādhva saṃsthitaḥ | pāpagrahasamāyukto na yuktoyamiheṣyate
زحل غیر معمولی چال میں جا کر پھر رجعتی (وَکر) حرکت میں ٹھہر گیا ہے؛ نحس سیاروں کے ساتھ ملا ہوا یہ یوگ یہاں مناسب نہیں اور بدشگونی کے نتائج بتاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An astrologer in Kāśī charts the heavens: Saturn shown retrograde with a looping path, clustered with dark ‘malefic’ planets; citizens gather under a temple lamp, faces lit with concern.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma reads cosmic disturbance as a call for ethical correction and spiritual vigilance.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred landscape; the omen is narrated within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s city-centric mahatmya frame.
No direct rite; it describes an inauspicious planetary condition.