Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
हरेयश्चावयोर्भेदं न करोति महामतिः । शिवभक्तः स विज्ञेयो महापाशुपतश्च सः
hareyaścāvayorbhedaṃ na karoti mahāmatiḥ | śivabhaktaḥ sa vijñeyo mahāpāśupataśca saḥ
ಹರಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ (ಶಿವನಲ್ಲಿ) ಭೇದವನ್ನೇ ಮಾಡದ ಮಹಾಮತಿ—ಅವನೇ ಶಿವಭಕ್ತನೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು; ಅವನೇ ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಮಹಾಪಾಶುಪತನು.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (as the integrative kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor of the Kāśī discourse
Scene: A sage-like ‘mahāmati’ stands between Śiva and Viṣṇu, seeing them as one essence; behind, Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temple spires suggest the lived unity of worship in the city.
FAQs
Highest devotion transcends sectarian division; seeing unity between Hari and Śiva is praised as great-minded Śaiva realization.
No single site is named in this verse; within the chapter’s Kāśī-Gaṅgā setting, it supports the broader Kāśī dharma ethos.
No ritual is prescribed; it defines spiritual qualification: non-dual reverence toward Hari and Śiva.
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