Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
तृणेस्त्रैणे च पाषाणे तरुगुल्मलतासु च । सर्वत्र श्यामलतनुं वीक्षे श्रीवत्सवक्षसम्
tṛṇestraiṇe ca pāṣāṇe tarugulmalatāsu ca | sarvatra śyāmalatanuṃ vīkṣe śrīvatsavakṣasam
في العشب والقشّ والحجارة؛ وفي الأشجار والشجيرات والمتسلّقات أيضًا—أراه في كل موضع، ذا الجسد الداكن، وعلى صدره علامة شريفاتسا (Śrīvatsa).
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims
Scene: Close-up montage: blades of grass, straw bundles, rough stones, tree trunks, shrubs, flowering creepers—each subtly reveals the dark-hued Hari with Śrīvatsa on His chest, as if emerging from textures; the devotee’s eyes shine with recognition.
FAQs
The culmination of devotion is sacred perception—seeing Viṣṇu’s presence even in ordinary nature and matter.
No single tirtha is named; the verse expresses an all-pervading sacredness resonant with Kāśī’s mahātmya worldview.
No explicit ritual; it encourages contemplative darśana—training the mind to perceive Hari everywhere.