Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
देवदेव जगन्नाथ भक्तानामभयप्रद । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे त्वदभ्याशाज्जाता नस्तृप्तिरक्षया
devadeva jagannātha bhaktānāmabhayaprada | asmiṃstīrthe tvadabhyāśājjātā nastṛptirakṣayā
ឱ ព្រះដ៏ជាព្រះលើព្រះទាំងឡាយ ព្រះម្ចាស់នៃលោកទាំងមូល អ្នកប្រទានភាពគ្មានភ័យដល់អ្នកសក្ការៈ—នៅទីរថៈបរិសុទ្ធនេះ ដោយបានចូលជិតព្រះអង្គ ក្តីពេញចិត្តមិនអស់បានកើតឡើងក្នុងយើង។
Divya Pitṛs (celestial ancestors), addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Kāpilatīrtha (contextual) in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Scene: Celestial Pitṛs and devotees at a Kāśī tīrtha, hands folded, praising Devadeva as Jagannātha and abhaya-prada; the riverbank glows with sanctity, suggesting inner contentment arising from Śiva’s nearness.
FAQs
Nearness to Śiva at a sacred tīrtha grants devotees (and ancestors) an abiding, inexhaustible inner fulfillment and fearlessness.
A tīrtha in Kāśī, contextually the Kāpilatīrtha praised in this adhyāya.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the merit of approaching/serving Śiva at the tīrtha.