Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
दातव्यो वो वरः कोत्र व्रियतां मे यथारुचि । प्रेयांसो मे यतो यूयं क्षेत्रसंन्यासकारिणः
dātavyo vo varaḥ kotra vriyatāṃ me yathāruci | preyāṃso me yato yūyaṃ kṣetrasaṃnyāsakāriṇaḥ
इथे मी तुम्हाला कोणता वर देऊ? तुमच्या इच्छेनुसार निवडा. कारण या क्षेत्रात संन्यास करणारे तुम्ही मला अत्यंत प्रिय आहात।
Śiva (as Maheśāna)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
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Scene: Śiva addresses a gathered group of austere brāhmaṇas in Kāśī, offering a boon with an open palm; the brāhmaṇas wear simple cloth, carry kamaṇḍalu, and stand within a sanctified cityscape.
FAQs
Renunciation embraced within the sacred field of Kāśī is especially प्रिय (dear) to Śiva and draws divine grace and boons.
Kāśī, implied as the ‘kṣetra’ where kṣetra-saṃnyāsa is undertaken.
The verse highlights kṣetra-saṃnyāsa (renunciant commitment in the holy field) rather than a specific ritual act.