Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
सर्वेषां च मनोवृत्तिं त्वं ज्ञास्यसि वरान्मम । किं बहूक्तेन यत्स्वर्गे यत्पाताले यदत्र च
sarveṣāṃ ca manovṛttiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi varānmama | kiṃ bahūktena yatsvarge yatpātāle yadatra ca
Dengan anugerahku engkau akan mengetahui gerak-batin dan kecenderungan pikiran semua makhluk. Apa perlunya berkata panjang? Apa pun yang ada di svarga, apa pun di pātāla, dan apa pun di sini—semuanya akan engkau pahami.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boon-giver gestures toward the three realms—heaven above, netherworld below, and earth—while the devotee receives a luminous ‘inner sight’; subtle faces of beings appear as thought-forms around them.
FAQs
True empowerment is portrayed as expansive knowledge and insight, granted through divine grace and aligned with dharma.
The teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame that glorifies Kāśī as a uniquely sanctifying spiritual landscape.
None; the verse describes the scope of knowledge granted as a boon.