Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
तच्च स्वाम्यं ममान्यत्र त्वदृते जीवितेश्वरि । राज्यं त्यजेयं त्वद्वाक्यात्तृणीकृत्यापि मानिनि
tacca svāmyaṃ mamānyatra tvadṛte jīviteśvari | rājyaṃ tyajeyaṃ tvadvākyāttṛṇīkṛtyāpi mānini
હે મારા જીવનની સ્વામિની! તારા વિના મારું ક્યાંય કોઈ સ્વામ્ય નથી. હે માનિની! તારા વચનથી હું રાજ્યને પણ તૃણ સમજી ત્યજી દઉં.
Mālpaketu (king/husband)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, hands folded, speaks to his beloved/queen with earnest eyes, offering symbolic regalia (crown/scepter) as insignificant straw; palace backdrop softened by an aura suggesting Kāśī’s spiritual gravity.
FAQs
True attachment should be to dharma and the beloved’s righteous word; worldly power like kingship is secondary and renounceable.
The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative stream leading toward Kāśī/Viśvanātha; the explicit site appears in the later verses of this passage.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it expresses readiness for renunciation and obedience to a dharmic request.