Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
योसि सोसि नमस्तुभ्यमुपदेशेन युंक्ष्व माम् । गुरूक्तं गुरुपत्न्युक्तं गुर्वपत्योक्तमेव च
yosi sosi namastubhyamupadeśena yuṃkṣva mām | gurūktaṃ gurupatnyuktaṃ gurvapatyoktameva ca
आपण जे असाल ते असाल—आपांस नमस्कार; उपदेशाने मला जोडावे (शिक्षा द्यावी)। गुरूचे वचन, गुरुपत्नीचे वचन आणि गुरुपुत्राचे वचन—हे सर्व माझ्यासाठी प्रमाण आहे।
Tvāṣṭra (the seeker)
Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis
Scene: Tvāṣṭra prostrates or stands in deep añjali, requesting upadeśa; the ascetic raises a hand in blessing/teaching gesture; the scene feels like the opening of a discourse.
FAQs
A sincere seeker submits to guidance; reverence for the guru’s instruction is upheld as a pillar of dharma.
Indirectly Kāśī’s dharmic milieu is the chapter’s focus; this verse emphasizes the means—right instruction—by which Kāśī’s worship bears fruit.
Seeking upadeśa (formal spiritual instruction) from a qualified authority is implied; no specific vrata or snāna is stated here.