Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
करौ तत्कौतुककरौ मनो मनति नापरम् । शिवसात्कृत्यपेयानि पीयते तेन सद्धिया
karau tatkautukakarau mano manati nāparam | śivasātkṛtyapeyāni pīyate tena saddhiyā
তার দুই হাত কেবল সেই সেবাতেই আনন্দ পায়; মন আর কিছু ভাবে না। সদ্বুদ্ধিতে সে কেবল শিবকে নিবেদিত হয়ে প্রসাদরূপে পবিত্র যা, তাই পান করে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (unspecified in excerpt)
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers water/milk to a Śiva-liṅga; afterward he drinks the sanctified remainder with reverence, hands still in service, mind absorbed.
FAQs
Devotion integrates body and mind: service with the hands and exclusive remembrance with the mind.
Kāśī is the implied setting where daily life is modeled as continuous Śiva-centered worship.
Consuming only what is sanctified by offering to Śiva (naivedya/prasāda principle).