Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
ते पूज्यास्ते नमस्कार्यास्ते संतोष्याः प्रयत्नतः । तेषु वै परितुष्टेषु तुष्येद्विश्वेश्वरः स्वयम्
te pūjyāste namaskāryāste saṃtoṣyāḥ prayatnataḥ | teṣu vai parituṣṭeṣu tuṣyedviśveśvaraḥ svayam
ಅವರು ಪೂಜ್ಯರು, ಅವರು ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಾರ್ಹರು, ಅವರನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಡಿಸಬೇಕು. ಅವರು ಪರಿತೃಪ್ತರಾದಾಗ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರನು ಸ್ವಯಂ ತೃಪ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims bowing to a Kāśī renunciant; offerings placed respectfully; in the background, Viśveśvara’s linga radiates, indicating divine pleasure arising from the saint’s contentment.
FAQs
Service and reverence to Kāśī’s holy residents is equated with pleasing Śiva (Viśveśvara).
Kāśī through its presiding deity Viśveśvara, highlighting the city’s living sacred community.
Practical devotional acts: pūjā (honor), namaskāra (salutation), and saṃtoṣa (support/pleasing through help).