Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
गृहक्रीडनकं मे सौ यदि भूयात्कथंचन । तदापरस्य सौख्यस्य निधानं स्यामसंशयम्
gṛhakrīḍanakaṃ me sau yadi bhūyātkathaṃcana | tadāparasya saukhyasya nidhānaṃ syāmasaṃśayam
Si, d’une manière ou d’une autre, il pouvait devenir pour moi un petit compagnon de jeu à la maison, alors, sans doute, je serais un trésor de bonheur sans pareil.
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (context)
Scene: A devotee imagines the deity as a small playmate within the home courtyard—simple domestic setting transformed into sacred space by presence and affection.
FAQs
It sanctifies household life by portraying divine companionship as the source of the highest joy.
The broader Kāśī Māhātmya frames the teaching; no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the verse is aspirational, expressing longing for divine presence within domestic life.