Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
पिनाकपाणे गिरिश शितिकंठ सदाशिव । महादेव नमस्तुभ्यं देवदेव नमोस्तु ते
pinākapāṇe giriśa śitikaṃṭha sadāśiva | mahādeva namastubhyaṃ devadeva namostu te
ഹേ പിനാകധാരീ, ഹേ ഗിരീശ, ഹേ നീലകണ്ഠ സദാശിവ! ഹേ മഹാദേവ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം; ഹേ ദേവദേവ, നിനക്കു പുനഃപുനഃ നമോ.
Budha (continuing stuti)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers folded-hands salutations to Śiva, visualized as blue-throated Sadāśiva holding the Pināka bow, with the aura of Mount Kailāsa transposed into the sacred city atmosphere.
FAQs
Devotion deepens through contemplation of Śiva’s cosmic deeds and symbols (Pināka, blue throat), affirming him as Devadeva.
Kāśī is contextually in view; the hymn situates Śiva as the supreme deity worshipped in Kāśī.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a stotra for recitation.