Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
क्षरंत इव मातंगाः स्रवंत इव पर्वताः । मदेन धातुरागेण मिश्रैः शुशुभिरे गणाः
kṣaraṃta iva mātaṃgāḥ sravaṃta iva parvatāḥ | madena dhāturāgeṇa miśraiḥ śuśubhire gaṇāḥ
Các Gaṇa rực rỡ—như voi tiết rut, như núi rịn dòng—vì thân họ lem nhuốm những sắc hòa lẫn của men say và dòng khoáng đỏ.
Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A host of Śiva’s gaṇas, bodies smeared with mingled red mineral streaks and the sheen of intoxicated vigor, gleam like rutting elephants and seep-scarred mountains, assembling before combat.
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses nature-similes to convey the overwhelming, world-like force of divine attendants, suggesting that cosmic order expresses itself even through fierce forms.
Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework, but this verse is not a direct description of a tīrtha.
None.