Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
त्वं वृद्धकालो भूपालः श्रुत्वेत्याशीः परंपराम् । स्मरिष्यसीदं वृत्तांतं पुलकांकवपुस्तदा
tvaṃ vṛddhakālo bhūpālaḥ śrutvetyāśīḥ paraṃparām | smariṣyasīdaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ pulakāṃkavapustadā
O König, wenn du in hohem Alter bist, wirst du, nachdem du diese Folge von Segenswünschen vernommen hast, dich dann an diesen Bericht erinnern—dein Leib von frommer Ergriffenheit in Gänsehaut gezeichnet.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as the remembered pilgrimage and blessing-lineage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhūpāla (king)
Scene: An aged king sits quietly, eyes moist; as he recalls the sacred account, goosebumps rise; behind him, faint visionary glimpses of Kāśī’s ghāṭas and Viśveśvara.
FAQs
True sacred counsel endures across a lifetime, ripening into heartfelt devotion and remembrance.
Kāśī is the implied sacred horizon, as the blessings point the king toward Viśveśvara.
No explicit ritual; it describes remembrance and devotional bodily response (pulaka).