Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
पूजोपकरणद्रव्यं यो घंटा गडुकादिकम् । भक्त्या मे भवने दद्यात्स वसेदत्र मेंतिके
pūjopakaraṇadravyaṃ yo ghaṃṭā gaḍukādikam | bhaktyā me bhavane dadyātsa vasedatra meṃtike
អ្នកណាដែលដោយភក្តី នាំយកវត្ថុបូជា និងសម្ភារៈបូជា ដូចជា កណ្ដឹង ក្អមទឹក និងអ្វីៗស្រដៀងគ្នា មកប្រគេនក្នុងព្រះវិហាររបស់ខ្ញុំ នោះគេនឹងស្នាក់នៅទីនេះ ជិតខ្ញុំ។
Śiva (deduced from first-person ‘me bhavane… me antike’ within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (typically sages/Śaunaka-group or a principal interlocutor)
Scene: A devotee respectfully presents a bell and water-pot to the temple storehouse before Viśveśvara; priests arrange the items for daily worship as the sanctum lamp glows.
FAQs
Supporting worship through tangible temple gifts is a direct form of bhakti that brings intimacy with Śiva.
Śiva’s abode in Kāśī—especially the Viśveśvara-centered sacred precinct.
Donating pūjā implements (ghaṇṭā, gaḍuka, etc.) to the temple as an act of devotional service.