Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
हृषीकेशे हृषीकाणि यस्य स्थैर्यं गतान्यहो । स एव स्थैर्यमाप्नोति ब्रह्मांडेऽतीव चंचले
hṛṣīkeśe hṛṣīkāṇi yasya sthairyaṃ gatānyaho | sa eva sthairyamāpnoti brahmāṃḍe'tīva caṃcale
अहो! ज्याच्या इंद्रिये केवळ हृषीकेशामध्ये स्थिर होतात, तोच या अत्यंत चंचल ब्रह्मांडातही खरे स्थैर्य प्राप्त करतो।
Nārada (continuing speech)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Cosmic whirl of moving beings and elements contrasted with a serene devotee whose senses are depicted as reins held by Hṛṣīkeśa; the devotee sits steady at a Kāśī ghāṭa.
FAQs
When the senses are anchored in the Lord, the mind gains steadiness even amid worldly instability.
No specific tīrtha is named; ‘Hṛṣīkeśa’ is a divine epithet here, not a geographic reference in this verse.
It implies the discipline of sense-restraint and devotion (placing the senses in the Lord), not a formal rite.