Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
जालेश्वरात्त्रिशूली च स्वयमीशः समागतः । कूटदंताद्गणपतेः पुरस्तात्सर्वसिद्धिदः
jāleśvarāttriśūlī ca svayamīśaḥ samāgataḥ | kūṭadaṃtādgaṇapateḥ purastātsarvasiddhidaḥ
जालेश्वराहून त्रिशूलधारी प्रभु स्वतः येथे आले. गणपती कूटदंताच्या अग्रभागी ते स्थित आहेत—सर्व सिद्धी देणारे.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Jāleśvara; Kūṭadanta Gaṇapati; Trishūlin Īśvara (here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, trident-bearing, is said to have come from Jāleśvara and stands before Gaṇapati Kūṭadanta; depict a processional/epiphanic movement culminating in a paired shrine vista.
FAQs
Kāśī’s shrine-network is depicted as divinely arranged: Śiva’s presence near Gaṇeśa shrines ensures comprehensive blessings and siddhi.
A Śiva presence associated with Jāleśvara, located before the Gaṇeśa shrine of Kūṭadanta in Kāśī.
No explicit rite; the verse functions as sthāna-nirdeśa and phala-śruti (promise of all-siddhi).