Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
ये मामत्र भजिष्यंति मानवाः श्रद्धयान्विताः । त्वद्वरोद्यतपाणिं च तेषां दास्यामि चिंतितम्
ye māmatra bhajiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ | tvadvarodyatapāṇiṃ ca teṣāṃ dāsyāmi ciṃtitam
যিসকল মানুহে এই পবিত্ৰ স্থানত শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে সৈতে মোক ভজনা কৰিব, আৰু হে বৰদাতা, উৰ্ধ্বহস্তে নমস্কাৰ কৰি তোমাকো আৰাধনা কৰিব—তেওঁলোকৰ মনত যি কামনা আছে, সেই কাম্য বস্তু মই দান কৰিম।
Bhāskara (Āditya/Sūrya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) near Viśveśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: In the sacred precinct of Kāśī, devotees stand with uplifted hands in añjali before a radiant deity-figure promising to grant their heart’s desire; temple lamps and Gaṅgā-side atmosphere implied.
FAQs
Faithful worship in a tīrtha like Kāśī bears swift fruit; sincere devotion is met with divine granting of rightful desires.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is implied as the sacred setting where worship yields special merit.
Bhajana/upāsanā (devotional worship) performed with śraddhā and reverent supplication (raised hands) is emphasized.