Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
ब्राह्मणानामिति वचः क्षेत्रभक्तिविबृंहितम् । निशम्य गिरिजाकांतस्तुतोष नितरां हरः
brāhmaṇānāmiti vacaḥ kṣetrabhaktivibṛṃhitam | niśamya girijākāṃtastutoṣa nitarāṃ haraḥ
क्षेत्र-भक्ति से दीप्त ब्राह्मणों के उन वचनों को सुनकर गिरिजाकान्त हर अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए।
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A group of venerable brāhmaṇas in Kāśī recite kṣetra-glorifying words; Śiva (Hara), as Girijā-kānta, listens with softened gaze and visible delight, the city’s ghāṭs and temple spires behind.
FAQs
Devotion to the sacred kṣetra (Kāśī) is itself a powerful act of dharma that delights Śiva.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī), praised through kṣetra-bhakti.
The implied practice is stuti (praise) and remembrance of Kāśī; no specific vrata or dāna is stated in this verse.