Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
न तस्माद्भगवद्भक्ताद्भेतव्यं केनचित्क्वचित् । निश्चितं विष्णुभक्ता ये न ते स्युः परतापिनः
na tasmādbhagavadbhaktādbhetavyaṃ kenacitkvacit | niścitaṃ viṣṇubhaktā ye na te syuḥ paratāpinaḥ
ભગવાનના ભક્તથી ક્યાંય, કોઈ દ્વારા પણ, ભય રાખવો નહીં. નિશ્ચિત છે—જે વિષ્ણુભક્ત હોય, તે પરને પીડાવનાર નથી।
Brahmā
Listener: Audience within Kāśī discourse
Scene: Brahmā proclaims a maxim: never fear the Lord’s devotee; the devas listen with softened expressions; the devotee’s aura is implied as protective rather than threatening.
FAQs
Genuine devotion expresses itself as non-harm and goodwill; a true bhakta is not an aggressor.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
No external rite is prescribed; the verse defines the ethical mark of devotion.