Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
विश्वकर्मेश महिमा दक्षयज्ञसमुद्भवः । सत्या देहविसर्गश्च ततो दक्षेश्वरोद्भवः
viśvakarmeśa mahimā dakṣayajñasamudbhavaḥ | satyā dehavisargaśca tato dakṣeśvarodbhavaḥ
次いでヴィシュヴァカルメーシャ（Viśvakarmeśa）の偉大さが宣べられ、ダクシャ（Dakṣa）の祭祀に関わる起こり、サティー（Satī）が身を捨てることが語られ、さらにその後にダクシェーシュヴァラ（Dakṣeśvara）の顕現が述べられる。
Skanda
Tirtha: Viśvakarmēśa; Dakṣeśvara (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)
Scene: A dramatic mythic montage: Viśvakarmēśa’s greatness, the Dakṣa-yajña scene, Satī relinquishing her body in yogic fire, and the subsequent manifestation of Dakṣeśvara—set as temple panels within Kāśī.
FAQs
Cosmic events and moral narratives (pride, sacrifice, and consequence) are anchored to sacred sites, making pilgrimage a way to remember dharma and humility.
Viśvakarmeśa and Dakṣeśvara—Śaiva sacred presences whose māhātmya is tied to the Dakṣa-yajña tradition.
None explicitly; the verse introduces mythic causation for site sanctity rather than a specific vrata.