Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
आदावेव हि तिष्ठासुरहमत्र तपोनिधे । ततस्त्वया समभ्यर्थि स्थास्याम्यत्र सदैव हि
ādāveva hi tiṣṭhāsurahamatra taponidhe | tatastvayā samabhyarthi sthāsyāmyatra sadaiva hi
“Indeed, from the very beginning I intended to abide here, O treasure of austerity. And then, when you entreated me, I shall remain here forever.”
Śrī Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agnibindu
Scene: Viṣṇu explains that He had intended from the beginning to dwell in Kāśī; Agnibindu’s request becomes the narrative trigger for the eternal residence being declared.
FAQs
A sacred place is upheld both by divine intention and by the tapas and sincere prayer of sages, resulting in enduring sanctity.
Kāśī, presented as a place where the deity abides continually.
No explicit ritual; the verse highlights tapas and earnest supplication as spiritually efficacious.