Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
परप्राणद्रुहां पुंसां न सिद्ध्येयुर्मनोरथाः । विश्वं कुशलितेनैतद्विश्वेशपरिरक्षितम्
paraprāṇadruhāṃ puṃsāṃ na siddhyeyurmanorathāḥ | viśvaṃ kuśalitenaitadviśveśaparirakṣitam
जे पुरुष परप्राणांचा द्रोह करितात, त्यांचे मनोरथ सिद्ध होत नाहीत। हे समस्त विश्व कुशलतेत स्थित असून काशीच्या विश्वेश्वराने परिरक्षित आहे।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa default)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra) / Viśveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A calm vision of Kāśī under Viśveśa’s unseen protection: the temple spire, ghāṭas, and citizens in orderly well-being, contrasted with shadowy figures of violent men whose wishes wither.
FAQs
Harming others destroys one’s auspicious outcomes; Viśveśa upholds cosmic welfare and protection.
Kāśī, through the praise of Viśveśa (Śiva as the presiding Lord of Kāśī).
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes ethical dharma (non-injury) under Viśveśa’s guardianship.