Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
खेलोयमस्य त्र्यक्षस्य यस्य भक्तस्य कुत्रचित् । न दुर्लभतरं किंचिदहो क्वाहं क्व काशिका
kheloyamasya tryakṣasya yasya bhaktasya kutracit | na durlabhataraṃ kiṃcidaho kvāhaṃ kva kāśikā
यह त्रिनेत्र प्रभु की लीला है—जो उनका भक्त है, उसके लिए कहीं भी कुछ भी दुर्लभ नहीं। अहा! कहाँ मैं, और कहाँ यह काशिका (काशी)!
Tvaṣṭṛ’s son (tvāṣṭraḥ)
Tirtha: Kāśikā (Kāśī) under Tryakṣa’s līlā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-sages (frame assumed; not explicit)
Scene: A devotee exclaims in awe: ‘What was I, and what is Kāśikā!’—shown as a small figure before the radiant cityscape of Kāśī, with Śiva’s three-eyed presence subtly pervading the scene.
FAQs
Devotion invites Śiva’s līlā: the impossible becomes possible, culminating in the blessing of reaching Kāśī.
Kāśikā—Kāśī (Varanasi), revered as Śiva’s own city.
None directly; the verse highlights bhakti as the decisive spiritual means.