Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
दासीनामयुतं प्रातर्दास्यामि तव सुंदरि । आसुरीणां सुरीणां च दानवीनां मनोहरम्
dāsīnāmayutaṃ prātardāsyāmi tava suṃdari | āsurīṇāṃ surīṇāṃ ca dānavīnāṃ manoharam
美丽的你啊，明晨我将赐你一万名侍女，皆姿容可爱，出自阿修罗女、天神女与达那婆女之中。
Dānava (Kaṅkālaketu, implied)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The dānava boasts of gifting ten thousand maidservants from various realms; the scene shows an imagined procession of attendants behind him, emphasizing excess and domination.
FAQs
Extravagant gifts and power are depicted as temptations that cannot replace righteousness, consent, and fidelity to vows.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting frames the narrative; this verse itself does not specify a particular tirtha.
None; the verse is an offer of worldly inducements (dāsīs) rather than a dharmic rite.