Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
इति दुर्वाससो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवस्त्रिलोचनः । अतीव तुषितो जातः काशीस्तवन लब्धमुत्
iti durvāsaso vākyaṃ śrutvā devastrilocanaḥ | atīva tuṣito jātaḥ kāśīstavana labdhamut
दुर्वासा के ये वचन सुनकर त्रिलोचन देव अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए, क्योंकि उन्हें काशी का स्तवन-रूप स्तोत्र प्राप्त हो गया था।
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Durvāsas speaks a powerful praise of Kāśī; Śiva (Trilocana) listens, eyes softened with joy, granting inner assent as the city’s sanctity glows behind them.
FAQs
Praise of Kāśī is itself a powerful devotional act that delights Śiva.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated through a formal stavana (hymn of praise).
Implicitly, stavana/stotra—devotional praise of Kāśī as a meritorious practice.