Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
शिवशर्मोवाच । कोसौ कस्य पुनः कीदृग्भक्तिरस्य सदाशिवे । यया सखित्वमापन्नो देवदेवस्यधूर्जटेः
śivaśarmovāca | kosau kasya punaḥ kīdṛgbhaktirasya sadāśive | yayā sakhitvamāpanno devadevasyadhūrjaṭeḥ
Śivaśarman sprach: „Wer ist er, und wessen Herr ist er? Welche Art von Hingabe hat er zu Sadāśiva, durch die er Freundschaft mit Dhūrjaṭi, dem Gott der Götter, erlangte?“
Śivaśarman
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gaṇas (addressed)
Scene: Śivaśarman, attentive and earnest, questions the Gaṇas about the identity of the devotee and the specific devotion that won friendship with Dhūrjaṭi; the Gaṇas appear as dignified attendants of Śiva in a Kāśī setting.
FAQs
True devotion is recognizable by its fruit—intimacy with the Divine—prompting inquiry into the nature of bhakti.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue framework.
None; this is an inquiry about the quality of devotion (bhakti).