Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 230
अंगुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषस्त्वंगुष्ठं च समाश्रितः । ईशः सर्वस्य जगतः प्रभुः प्रीणाति विश्वभुक्
aṃguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣastvaṃguṣṭhaṃ ca samāśritaḥ | īśaḥ sarvasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ prīṇāti viśvabhuk
അംഗുഷ്ഠമാത്രനായ പുരുഷൻ അങ്ങുഷ്ഠത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ അധിഷ്ഠിതനെന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു; അവൻ സർവ്വജഗത്തിന്റെ ഈശ്വരൻ, പ്രഭു, വിശ്വപാലകൻ—ഇത്തരം സ്മരണയും അഭ്യാസവും കൊണ്ടു പ്രസന്നനാകുന്നു.
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kumbhaja (Agastya)
Scene: A yogin-pilgrim in Kāśī sits near a ghat at dusk, eyes half-closed, contemplating a luminous subtle Puruṣa within, while the vast cosmos is hinted in the background—showing the paradox of the tiny indweller who sustains all.
FAQs
Contemplate the indwelling Lord (Puruṣa/Īśa); such inward remembrance and discipline pleases the sustainer of the universe.
The broader setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where daily conduct and worship are taught as especially fruitful.
No single external rite is specified here; the emphasis is on devotional recollection/meditation that pleases the Lord.