Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
क्षणदासु प्रसुप्तोपि क्व यासीति वदन्मुहुः । क्षणं त्र्यक्ष प्रतीक्षस्व बुध्यतीति स बालकः
kṣaṇadāsu prasuptopi kva yāsīti vadanmuhuḥ | kṣaṇaṃ tryakṣa pratīkṣasva budhyatīti sa bālakaḥ
ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿದ್ರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ ಅವನು ಮರುಮರು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ—“ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗುತ್ತೀ? ಹೇ ತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಷ, ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರ ಕಾಯು!”—ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ಬಾಲಕ ಎಚ್ಚರವಾಗುವುದೂ ಶಿವನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (unspecified)
Scene: Night in Kāśī: a childlike devotee asleep on a simple cot; in dream-vision he reaches out, calling to Tryakṣa to wait, while a gentle Śiva presence stands nearby, compassionate and luminous.
FAQs
When love of Śiva matures, remembrance persists beyond waking life—even into sleep.
Kāśī is the implied holy realm where such unwavering Tryakṣa-bhakti is celebrated.
No formal rite; it describes the fruit of practice—spontaneous, continuous smaraṇa of Śiva.