Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
तस्यां मूर्तौ समावेश्य कैशव्यामथ केशवः । शंभोः कार्ये कृतमना अंशांशांशेन निर्गतः
tasyāṃ mūrtau samāveśya kaiśavyāmatha keśavaḥ | śaṃbhoḥ kārye kṛtamanā aṃśāṃśāṃśena nirgataḥ
ثم إنّ كيشافا، إذ أدخل ذاته في تلك الصورة الكايشافية، وقد عزم على إنجاز مقصد شَمبهو، خرج متجلّياً بجزءٍ من جزءٍ من جزءٍ من قدرته.
Skanda (contextual continuation)
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Keśava assumes/enters a Kaiśavī form, then emerges as a minute aṃśa to execute Śambhu’s task—depictable as a luminous emanation from a larger Viṣṇu form.
FAQs
The Purāṇa highlights concord between Viṣṇu and Śiva: divine manifestations arise to uphold cosmic purpose and sacred order.
No tīrtha is named directly; the verse advances the narrative explaining a divine act connected to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa context.
None; it is theological-narrative, describing Keśava’s emergence in a particular form.