Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
कार्दमिरुवाच । यदि नाथ प्रसन्नोसि भक्तानामनुकंपक । सर्वासामाधिपत्यं मे देह्यपां यादसामपि
kārdamiruvāca | yadi nātha prasannosi bhaktānāmanukaṃpaka | sarvāsāmādhipatyaṃ me dehyapāṃ yādasāmapi
കാർദമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ നാഥാ, ഭക്തന്മാരോടു കരുണയുള്ളവനേ, നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നനാണെങ്കിൽ, എല്ലാ ജലങ്ങളുടെയും ജലചര ജീവികളുടെയും മേൽ എനിക്ക് ആധിപത്യം ദയവായി നൽകുക।”
Kārdama
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kārdama, hands folded, petitions Śiva for lordship over all waters and aquatic beings; behind them, symbolic waves, river currents, and creatures (fish, makara) appear as cosmic emblems.
FAQs
A devotee may seek divinely sanctioned responsibility (ādhipatya) for cosmic order, not merely personal enjoyment.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting where such boons are requested and conferred.
No specific rite; it is a direct supplication (prārthanā) for a boon.