Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
मनो मे चरणद्वंद्वे तव स्थास्यति निश्चलम् । क्रतुं द्रष्टुं पितुर्यामि नैक्षि यज्ञो मया क्वचित्
mano me caraṇadvaṃdve tava sthāsyati niścalam | kratuṃ draṣṭuṃ pituryāmi naikṣi yajño mayā kvacit
My mind shall remain unmoving at your pair of feet. I am going to my father’s place only to see the sacrifice; I am not going there to perform any yajña myself.
Devī (Śivā/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience / interlocutor in Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Śivā declares her mind will remain fixed at Śiva’s feet; she will go to her father only to witness the sacrifice, not to perform it—depicting devotional interiority amid ritual spectacle.
FAQs
Outer movement need not disturb inner devotion; the mind can remain anchored in the Lord’s feet.
As part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa, the verse contributes to the devotional ethos associated with Kāśī and Śiva’s refuge.
It distinguishes between witnessing a kratu and performing a yajña—no personal ritual performance is undertaken by Devī here.