Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
विष्णोरायतनं नैव कृतं सर्वसमृद्धिदम् । न च सूर्यगणेशानां प्रतिमाः कारिता मया
viṣṇorāyatanaṃ naiva kṛtaṃ sarvasamṛddhidam | na ca sūryagaṇeśānāṃ pratimāḥ kāritā mayā
ខ្ញុំមិនបានសាងសង់អាយតនៈ (វិហារ/ស្ថានបូជា) សម្រាប់ព្រះវិษ្ណុ អ្នកប្រទានសម្បត្តិសមೃದ್ಧិទាំងអស់ឡើយ។ ហើយខ្ញុំក៏មិនបានឲ្យធ្វើប្រតិមា (រូបបូជា) នៃព្រះសូរ្យ និងព្រះគណេឝផងដែរ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (multi-devatā worship)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic Kāśī street-temple scene: a Viṣṇu shrine with tulasī, a small Sūrya niche with rays, and a Gaṇeśa shrine at a doorway; the devotee laments not having built them.
FAQs
Supporting public worship—through temples and icons—brings prosperity and religious uplift; neglecting it is a missed dharmic opportunity.
Kāśī is the textual setting, but the verse emphasizes pan-Hindu temple merit rather than a single named tirtha.
Constructing āyatanas (shrines) and commissioning pratimās (icons) for worship.