Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
पुत्रस्य पित्रोः पदयोः पूजनं देवपूजनम् । उपवासो व्रतं तीर्थं देवताराधनं परम्
putrasya pitroḥ padayoḥ pūjanaṃ devapūjanam | upavāso vrataṃ tīrthaṃ devatārādhanaṃ param
पुत्रासाठी माता-पित्यांच्या चरणांचे पूजन हेच देवपूजन आहे. उपवास हेच त्याचे व्रत, तेच त्याचे तीर्थ, आणि तेच परम देवताराधन आहे.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (ethical tīrtha within Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis
Scene: A son bows to and worships the feet of his parents in a simple home shrine setting; nearby, a small lamp and flowers indicate that this act itself is deva-pūjā; a fasting devotee sits with japa-mālā, serene.
FAQs
Service and reverence to one’s parents is elevated as a direct form of divine worship and the highest sacred practice.
Kāśī’s greatness is shown through its dharmic standard: inner purity and duty are treated as true tīrtha.
Upavāsa (fasting) is praised as a vrata, equated with pilgrimage and deity-worship when grounded in dharma.