Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
पुनः प्रोवाच देवेशो निशामयत भो द्विजाः । हितं वः कथयाम्यत्र तदनुष्ठीयतां ध्रुवम्
punaḥ provāca deveśo niśāmayata bho dvijāḥ | hitaṃ vaḥ kathayāmyatra tadanuṣṭhīyatāṃ dhruvam
വീണ്ടും ദേവേശൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, ശ്രവിക്കുവിൻ. ഇവിടെ നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് യഥാർത്ഥ ഹിതമായതു ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു; അതു നിർബന്ധമായി അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുവിൻ.
Śiva (Deveśa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ (twice-born)
Scene: A didactic moment: the Lord (as Viśveśvara/Śiva) addresses assembled brāhmaṇas in Kāśī, signaling a ‘secret beneficial rule’ to be practiced unfailingly; background hints of ghāṭs and temple spires.
FAQs
Śiva emphasizes that Kāśī’s holiness should be matched by disciplined practice of beneficial conduct.
Kāśī, implied as the sacred ‘here’ where right practice is urged for kṣetra-vāsins.
A general injunction to undertake the beneficial disciplines that Śiva is about to enumerate.