Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
दिवानिशं पूजनार्थं विज्ञाप्य त्रिदशेश्वरम् । पञ्चमुद्रे महापीठे सिद्धिदे सर्वजंतुषु
divāniśaṃ pūjanārthaṃ vijñāpya tridaśeśvaram | pañcamudre mahāpīṭhe siddhide sarvajaṃtuṣu
दिवसरात्र पूजनार्थ त्रिदशेश्वरास विनंती करून, ‘पञ्चमुद्रा’ या महापीठावर—जे सर्व प्राण्यांना सिद्धी देणारे आहे—पूजा करावी।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style)
Tirtha: Pañcamudrā Mahāpīṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A devotee at night and day approaches a sanctified seat (pīṭha) named Pañcamudrā, hands in ritual mudrā, after invoking/asking leave from the Lord of the gods; the pīṭha radiates siddhi-bestowing light to all beings.
FAQs
Continuous devotion, performed with reverence and due permission, bears siddhi when done at a praised sacred seat.
The Mahāpīṭha named Pañcamudrā (a sacred seat within Kāśī’s sanctified geography).
Pūjā performed day and night, preceded by ‘vijñāpana’—formally seeking leave/acknowledging the deity’s authority.