Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
विचार्येति महादेवः समाहूय गजाननम् । प्राहिणोत्कथयित्वेति गच्छ काशीमितः सुत
vicāryeti mahādevaḥ samāhūya gajānanam | prāhiṇotkathayitveti gaccha kāśīmitaḥ suta
Setelah mempertimbangkan demikian, Mahādeva memanggil Gajānana lalu mengutusnya, seraya berkata, “Pergilah dari sini ke Kāśī, wahai putraku, dan sampaikan pesan ini.”
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya) with direct speech of Śiva embedded (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm + “Mahādevaḥ … uvāca” style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva summons Gajānana, speaks affectionately as ‘son,’ and dispatches him toward Kāśī as a divine envoy.
FAQs
Sacred duty is carried out through obedience to divine instruction; Kāśī is central enough that Gaṇeśa himself is commissioned to act there.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the focal destination of Mahādeva’s command.
No explicit rite; it is a directive to travel and communicate an order connected with Kāśī.