Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
तस्याः शब्दग्रहौ नान्य शब्दग्रहणतत्परौ । अतीव निपुणौ जातौ तत्सन्माल्यकरौकरौ
tasyāḥ śabdagrahau nānya śabdagrahaṇatatparau | atīva nipuṇau jātau tatsanmālyakaraukarau
उसकी ‘शब्द-ग्रहण’ इन्द्रियाँ अन्य शब्दों को नहीं पकड़ती थीं; वे केवल पवित्र नाद के ग्रहण में तत्पर थीं। और उसके हाथ भी अत्यन्त निपुण हो गए—वे हाथ जो प्रभु के लिए सुन्दर मालाएँ गूँथते थे।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī (liṅga-sevā context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sādhvī’s ears are symbolically attentive to mantra alone; her hands deftly weave fragrant garlands—jasmine, marigold, bilva—laid before the liṅga in a Kāśī shrine.
FAQs
Devotion disciplines the senses (hearing) and sanctifies action (hands), turning daily capacities into worship.
Kāśī is the contextual tirtha; the service described aligns with Oṃkāra-liṅga devotion in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Offering garlands (mālya-sevā/arpana) and focused reception of sacred sound (implied Oṃkāra-japa/śravaṇa).