Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
विधातुः शांभवीं भक्तिं प्रिय सर्वे मनोरथाः । सिद्धयोष्टौ गृहद्वारं सेवंते नात्र संशयः
vidhātuḥ śāṃbhavīṃ bhaktiṃ priya sarve manorathāḥ | siddhayoṣṭau gṛhadvāraṃ sevaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ
ឱព្រះप्रिय ដោយភក្តីចំពោះព្រះសម្ភូ សូម្បីតែវិធាតា (ព្រះព្រហ្ម) ក៏សម្រេចគ្រប់បំណង; ហើយសិទ្ធិទាំងប្រាំបីក៏មករង់ចាំបម្រើនៅមាត់ទ្វារផ្ទះ—គ្មានសង្ស័យឡើយ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śambhu-bhakti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed as ‘priya’—a close interlocutor within the Kāśī discourse
Scene: A devotee at a Kāśī threshold with a Śiva shrine inside; personified Aṣṭa-siddhis stand respectfully like attendants at the doorway, while the devotee remains focused on Śambhu rather than them.
FAQs
Devotion to Śiva is exalted as so powerful that even siddhis and fulfilled aims follow naturally.
The verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s praise of Śiva’s grace, a hallmark of Kāśī’s sacred geography.
No specific vow or rite is stated; the emphasis is on Śambhu-bhakti as the efficacious means.