Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
परित्यज्य हि यः सर्वं विप्णुमेकं सदा भजेत् । सुमेधसं भजंते तं पदार्थाः सर्व एव हि
parityajya hi yaḥ sarvaṃ vipṇumekaṃ sadā bhajet | sumedhasaṃ bhajaṃte taṃ padārthāḥ sarva eva hi
जो सब कुछ त्यागकर सदा केवल विष्णु का भजन करता है, उस सुमेधावी भक्त की सेवा में समस्त पदार्थ और सिद्धियाँ स्वयं उपस्थित हो जाती हैं।
Nārada (continuing speech)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī turns away from scattered worldly objects and fixes gaze on Viṣṇu; symbolic ‘attainments’ (artha, kāma, dharma, mokṣa) personified as attendants offering service.
FAQs
Single-pointed devotion to Viṣṇu harmonizes life so that all legitimate goals naturally align and are fulfilled.
None explicitly; it is a general bhakti teaching within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative setting.
Continuous bhajana (devotional worship) of Viṣṇu alone is prescribed as the main practice.