Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
जगाम वृषमारुह्य मंदरो यत्र तिष्ठति । उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा देवदेवो वृषध्वज
jagāma vṛṣamāruhya maṃdaro yatra tiṣṭhati | uvāca ca prasannātmā devadevo vṛṣadhvaja
Auf dem Stier reitend begab er sich dorthin, wo Mandara stand. Da sprach der Gott der Götter, der Stierbannerträger, heiteren Herzens.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (contextual)
Scene: Śiva rides the bull toward Mandara; the scene pauses as the serene Deva of devas, bearing the bull-banner, prepares to speak.
FAQs
When devotion ripens, the deity ‘comes near’—divine grace is pictured as an active arrival, not a distant abstraction.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context continues, presenting Śiva’s immediacy in the Kāśī sacred world.
None; the verse narrates Śiva’s approach and readiness to speak.