Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
महादेवि महाप्राज्ञे लीलावति गुणप्रिये । यथाशंसि तथा विप्रस्ततोपि गुणवत्तरः
mahādevi mahāprājñe līlāvati guṇapriye | yathāśaṃsi tathā viprastatopi guṇavattaraḥ
ಓ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, ಓ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞೆ ಗುಣಪ್ರಿಯ ಲೀಲಾವತಿ! ನೀನು ಹೇಗೆ ಪ್ರಶಂಸಿಸುತ್ತೀಯೋ ಆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ; ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಅವನು ಗುಣಸಂಪನ್ನನು।
Divodāsa (as reported within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: काशी-क्षेत्र (सत्सङ्ग-भूमिः)
Type: kshetra
Listener: श्रवणसमाजः
Scene: दिवोदासः लीलावतीं ‘महादेवि’ इति सम्बोध्य ब्राह्मणस्य गुणाधिक्यं प्रतिपादयति; रानी शान्त-प्रसन्ना, करयोरञ्जलिः/श्रवणमुद्रा
FAQs
Reverence for virtue and the virtuous is central to righteous kingship and household dharma.
Kāśī is the implied sacred milieu; the verse focuses on character rather than a named tīrtha.
None directly; it reinforces the value of honoring and esteeming the learned.