Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
काशीस्थितैर्यतो दर्शि ध्वजो मेषवृषलांछनः । वृषध्वजेन नाम्नातः स्थास्याम्यत्र पितामहाः
kāśīsthitairyato darśi dhvajo meṣavṛṣalāṃchanaḥ | vṛṣadhvajena nāmnātaḥ sthāsyāmyatra pitāmahāḥ
কাশীত বাস কৰা লোকসকলে মোৰ ধ্বজ দেখে, য’ত মেষ আৰু বৃষৰ চিহ্ন আছে; সেয়ে—হে পিতৃসকল—মই ইয়াত ‘বৃষধ্বজ’ নামে প্ৰখ্যাত হৈ অৱস্থান কৰিম।
Vṛṣadhvaja (i.e., Śiva as ‘Bull-bannered’ Lord; self-identification in the verse)
Tirtha: Vṛṣadhvaja-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pitṛs (addressed as ‘pitāmahaḥ’)
Scene: On a Kāśī ghat stands a tall banner-staff; the banner bears a ram and a bull insignia. Pilgrims gaze upward; the Lord’s presence is implied as a radiant aura, while pitṛs are invoked in the background.
FAQs
Divine presence becomes locally accessible through name, form, and sign—making Kāśī a living field of darśana.
Vṛṣadhvaja—presented as a named sacred locus/tīrtha within Kāśī connected to Śiva’s emblem.
No direct prescription; it emphasizes darśana (beholding the divine sign) as a devotional act in Kāśī.