Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
जालेश्वरात्त्रिशूली च स्वयमीशः समागतः । कूटदंताद्गणपतेः पुरस्तात्सर्वसिद्धिदः
jāleśvarāttriśūlī ca svayamīśaḥ samāgataḥ | kūṭadaṃtādgaṇapateḥ purastātsarvasiddhidaḥ
From Jāleśvara the Lord Himself, bearer of the Trident, came here. Before Gaṇapati Kūṭadanta He abides, bestower of all siddhis and attainments.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Jāleśvara; Kūṭadanta Gaṇapati; Trishūlin Īśvara (here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, trident-bearing, is said to have come from Jāleśvara and stands before Gaṇapati Kūṭadanta; depict a processional/epiphanic movement culminating in a paired shrine vista.
FAQs
Kāśī’s shrine-network is depicted as divinely arranged: Śiva’s presence near Gaṇeśa shrines ensures comprehensive blessings and siddhi.
A Śiva presence associated with Jāleśvara, located before the Gaṇeśa shrine of Kūṭadanta in Kāśī.
No explicit rite; the verse functions as sthāna-nirdeśa and phala-śruti (promise of all-siddhi).