Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
अतीव धिषणाधीशो ममप्रीतोभविष्यति । महाप्रसाद इत्याज्ञां शिरस्याधाय तत्क्षणात्
atīva dhiṣaṇādhīśo mamaprītobhaviṣyati | mahāprasāda ityājñāṃ śirasyādhāya tatkṣaṇāt
“बुद्धीचा अधीश्वर माझ्यावर अत्यंत प्रसन्न होईल।” ही आज्ञा ‘महाप्रसाद’ मानून त्याने तत्क्षणी ती शिरसावंद्य केली।
Skanda (deduced; narrative voice describing acceptance of Śiva’s order)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The recipient of Śiva’s command receives it as ‘mahāprasāda’, bowing and symbolically placing the order upon his head, indicating instant reverent compliance.
FAQs
Divine command received as grace, and accepted humbly, becomes the doorway to auspicious authority.
The Kāśī setting is implicit; the episode supports the later Kāśī liṅga-mahātmya of Bṛhaspatīśvara.
No lay ritual; it highlights the dhārmic gesture of honoring a command by placing it on one’s head (śirasā).