Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
देवदेव जगन्नाथ भक्तानामभयप्रद । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे त्वदभ्याशाज्जाता नस्तृप्तिरक्षया
devadeva jagannātha bhaktānāmabhayaprada | asmiṃstīrthe tvadabhyāśājjātā nastṛptirakṣayā
Ô Dieu des dieux, Seigneur de l’univers, dispensateur d’intrépidité aux dévots : en ce tīrtha sacré, par notre proximité avec Toi, une satiété inépuisable s’est levée en nous.
Divya Pitṛs (celestial ancestors), addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Kāpilatīrtha (contextual) in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Scene: Celestial Pitṛs and devotees at a Kāśī tīrtha, hands folded, praising Devadeva as Jagannātha and abhaya-prada; the riverbank glows with sanctity, suggesting inner contentment arising from Śiva’s nearness.
FAQs
Nearness to Śiva at a sacred tīrtha grants devotees (and ancestors) an abiding, inexhaustible inner fulfillment and fearlessness.
A tīrtha in Kāśī, contextually the Kāpilatīrtha praised in this adhyāya.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the merit of approaching/serving Śiva at the tīrtha.