Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
त्वदीय चरणांभोज मकरंदमधूत्सुकः । मच्चेतो भ्रमरो भ्रांतिं विहायास्तु सुनिश्चलः
tvadīya caraṇāṃbhoja makaraṃdamadhūtsukaḥ | macceto bhramaro bhrāṃtiṃ vihāyāstu suniścalaḥ
आपल्या चरणकमळांच्या परागमधुरसाचे मधु पिण्यास उत्सुक माझा चित्तरूपी भ्रमर सर्व भटकंती सोडून पूर्ण स्थिर होवो।
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (addressed indirectly through the metaphor)
Scene: A poetic inner-vision scene: Śiva’s lotus-feet exude honey-like fragrance; a bee symbolizing the devotee’s mind hovers, then becomes still, drinking the nectar—an allegory of meditation.
FAQs
The mind becomes steady by tasting devotion—attachment to the Lord’s feet replaces restless distraction.
Though not named in the verse, the request is situated within the Kāśī tīrtha narrative centered on Cakra-puṣkariṇī.
A meditative-bhakti discipline is implied: sustained contemplation of the Lord’s feet (caraṇa-smaraṇa/pāda-sevā).