Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
निवसंति मम क्षेत्रे मम भक्तिं प्रकुर्वते । मम लिंगधरा ये तु तानेवोपदिशाम्यहम्
nivasaṃti mama kṣetre mama bhaktiṃ prakurvate | mama liṃgadharā ye tu tānevopadiśāmyaham
អ្នកដែលស្នាក់នៅក្នុងក្សេត្ររបស់ខ្ញុំ ហើយប្រឹងប្រែងបង្កើតភក្តិចំពោះខ្ញុំ—អ្នកដែលពាក់លិង្គរបស់ខ្ញុំ—មានតែពួកគេប៉ុណ្ណោះដែលខ្ញុំផ្ទាល់បង្រៀនអប់រំ។
Śiva (Hara/Bhava)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Śiva-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī / Skanda Purāṇa audience
Scene: In Kāśī, a devoted resident wearing a liṅga (liṅga-dhārī) receives whispered upadeśa from Śiva/Viśvanātha appearing as a compassionate guru; background shows a shrine courtyard and bilva trees.
FAQs
Kāśī-residence becomes spiritually decisive when joined with active devotion; such qualified devotees receive Śiva’s direct guidance.
Śiva’s own kṣetra—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Liṅga-dhāraṇa (bearing the liṅga) and sustained bhakti while residing in Kāśī are implied as Śaiva disciplines.