Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
विष्णोस्तु पूजनं कार्यं पति बुद्ध्या न चान्यथा । पतिमेव सदा ध्यायेद्विष्णुरूपधरं हरिम्
viṣṇostu pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ pati buddhyā na cānyathā | patimeva sadā dhyāyedviṣṇurūpadharaṃ harim
Worship of Viṣṇu should indeed be performed with the understanding of Him as one’s husband—and not otherwise. One should always meditate upon the husband alone, as Hari who bears the form of Viṣṇu.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A widow performs Viṣṇu pūjā before a small image of Hari; in her meditation, the husband’s form subtly merges into a four-armed Viṣṇu vision—conch, discus, mace, lotus—signifying transmutation of personal bond into divine devotion.
FAQs
It teaches devotional worship of Viṣṇu and constant contemplative remembrance, framed through a relational vow of fidelity.
Kāśī provides the larger sacred setting, but this verse is centered on Viṣṇu-upāsanā rather than a named site.
Viṣṇu-pūjā (worship of Viṣṇu) and dhyāna (meditation) upon Hari/Viṣṇu.