Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
प्रक्रांते द्युमणौ दूरं शिवशर्मातिशर्मवान् । प्रोवाच भगवद्भक्तौ कथं लभ्यं रवेः पदम्
prakrāṃte dyumaṇau dūraṃ śivaśarmātiśarmavān | provāca bhagavadbhaktau kathaṃ labhyaṃ raveḥ padam
যেতিয়া দীপ্তিমান দ্যুমণি বহু দূৰ আগবাঢ়ি গ’ল, তেতিয়া মহা আনন্দে পূৰ্ণ শিৱশৰ্মাই ক’লে— “ভগৱানৰ ভক্তিৰে ৰবিৰ পদ কেনেকৈ লাভ হয়?”
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: After Sūrya departs, Śivaśarman—radiant with joy—turns in inquiry, asking how devotion to the Lord grants the station of the Sun; the sky still glows with the fading trail of rays.
FAQs
The verse frames higher attainments as ultimately rooted in bhakti (devotion) and earnest inquiry into the path.
The surrounding work is Kāśī-māhātmya, but this particular verse highlights Sūrya’s station (raveḥ padam) rather than a named Kāśī tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on bhakti as the means and on seeking instruction.