Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
स्तोता त्वमेव दनुजेंद्ररिपो स्तुतिस्त्वं स्तुत्यस्त्वमेव सकलं हि भवानिहैकः । त्वत्तो न किंचिदपि भिन्नमवैमि विष्णो तृष्णां सदा कृणुहि मे भवजांभवारे
stotā tvameva danujeṃdraripo stutistvaṃ stutyastvameva sakalaṃ hi bhavānihaikaḥ | tvatto na kiṃcidapi bhinnamavaimi viṣṇo tṛṣṇāṃ sadā kṛṇuhi me bhavajāṃbhavāre
ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນສັດຕູຂອງຈອມດານະວະ! ຜູ້ສັນລະເສີນກໍແມ່ນພຣະອົງເອງ, ບົດສັນລະເສີນກໍແມ່ນພຣະອົງເອງ, ແລະຜູ້ຄວນສັນລະເສີນກໍແມ່ນພຣະອົງເອງ—ເພາະແທ້ຈິງ ທຸກສິ່ງຢູ່ນີ້ແມ່ນພຣະອົງແຕ່ຜູ້ດຽວ. ໂອ ພຣະວິດສະນຸ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ຮູ້ສິ່ງໃດທີ່ແຍກຈາກພຣະອົງ. ໃນມະຫາສະຫມຸດແຫ່ງພົບພາວະ ຂໍໃຫ້ຄວາມກະຫາຍຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຕັ້ງມັ່ນຢູ່ເສມອ (ຕໍ່ພຣະອົງ)
Agnibindu (the ascetic), praising Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Agnibindu stands before Viṣṇu, the hymn itself visualized as a stream merging into the Lord; behind the sage, a dark ocean symbolizes bhava-sāgara; a bright lotus-path leads from the ocean to Viṣṇu, signifying redirected thirst and liberation.
FAQs
It teaches all-pervasive divinity and single-minded devotion—seeing nothing apart from Viṣṇu and transforming worldly craving into God-longing.
Not named in this verse; the Kāśī setting contextualizes the hymn that leads to a boon benefiting pilgrims and seekers at Pañcanada Hrada.
No formal rite; it is an inner discipline: sustaining tṛṣṇā (intense longing) toward the Lord amid saṃsāra.