Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
क्रमेण प्रेषयिष्यामि योस्ति मे स्वपरिच्छदः । तत्र सर्वेषु यातेषु ततो यास्याम्यहं पुनः
krameṇa preṣayiṣyāmi yosti me svaparicchadaḥ | tatra sarveṣu yāteṣu tato yāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ
Ich werde der Reihe nach jene entsenden, die zu meinem eigenen Gefolge gehören. Wenn sie alle dorthin gegangen sind, werde auch ich wieder gehen.
Śiva (Sthāṇu), reported by Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva plans to send his own retinue in sequence to Kāśī; after all have gone, he will go again—emphasizing staged movement and purposeful return.
FAQs
The sanctity of Kāśī is presented as intentionally established—Śiva orders and installs his retinue, then confirms his own presence.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī is the implied destination ‘there’ where Śiva’s attendants are sent.
None; the verse narrates Śiva’s plan and sequence of sending his attendants.