Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
अन्यानपि प्रेषयामि मत्पार्श्वपरिवर्तिनः । ये ते तत्र स्थिताः श्रेष्ठा अपिगंतास्म्यहं ततः
anyānapi preṣayāmi matpārśvaparivartinaḥ | ye te tatra sthitāḥ śreṣṭhā apigaṃtāsmyahaṃ tataḥ
„Ich werde auch andere entsenden—jene, die in meinem unmittelbaren Gefolge umhergehen. Und jene Vorzüglichen, die dort stationiert sind—danach—werde auch ich selbst dorthin kommen.“
Śiva (Mahādeva) (deduced from immediate context leading into 5.59)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, poised in calm authority, resolves to send members of His immediate retinue first, promising His own later arrival to Kāśī; attendants stand ready with folded hands.
FAQs
Divine work in a sacred place proceeds through orderly command and service—Kāśī is treated as a mission-field of dharma where even Śiva’s attendants are deputed.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a supreme sacred realm worthy of direct divine attention and visitation.
None explicitly; the verse focuses on dispatch and arrival (divine instruction and movement toward Kāśī).