Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
विचार्येति महादेवः समाहूय गजाननम् । प्राहिणोत्कथयित्वेति गच्छ काशीमितः सुत
vicāryeti mahādevaḥ samāhūya gajānanam | prāhiṇotkathayitveti gaccha kāśīmitaḥ suta
وبعد أن تروّى هكذا، استدعى مهاديڤا غجانانا وأرسله قائلاً: «اذهب من هنا إلى كاشي يا بُنيّ، وبلّغ هذه الرسالة».
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya) with direct speech of Śiva embedded (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm + “Mahādevaḥ … uvāca” style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva summons Gajānana, speaks affectionately as ‘son,’ and dispatches him toward Kāśī as a divine envoy.
FAQs
Sacred duty is carried out through obedience to divine instruction; Kāśī is central enough that Gaṇeśa himself is commissioned to act there.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the focal destination of Mahādeva’s command.
No explicit rite; it is a directive to travel and communicate an order connected with Kāśī.