Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
विश्वकर्मन्व्रज गुरोः शासनाय यतस्व च । गुरुभक्तिकृतो यस्मान्मद्भक्ता नात्र संशयः
viśvakarmanvraja guroḥ śāsanāya yatasva ca | gurubhaktikṛto yasmānmadbhaktā nātra saṃśayaḥ
हे विश्वकर्मा, गुरु की आज्ञा का पालन करने हेतु जाओ और प्रयत्न करो; क्योंकि गुरु-भक्ति से बना हुआ जन निश्चय ही मेरा भक्त है—इसमें संशय नहीं।
Śiva (deduced; addressing Viśvakarman in temple-building context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvakarman
Scene: Śiva (or a revered guru-figure) instructs Viśvakarman to carry out the guru’s command; Viśvakarman departs with tools and plans, embodying devotion through skilled action.
FAQs
Devotion to the Guru is inseparable from devotion to God; serving the Guru’s instruction is itself worship.
The broader Kāśī-māhātmya context frames the command as part of establishing/beautifying sacred Kāśī.
Carrying out the guru’s śāsana (instruction), especially in sacred service such as constructing or arranging a shrine.