Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
अथाभिषिक्तश्चतुराननेन महर्षिवृंदैः सह देवदेवः । शुभासनस्थः सहितो भवान्या कुमारवृंदैः परितो वृतश्च
athābhiṣiktaścaturānanena maharṣivṛṃdaiḥ saha devadevaḥ | śubhāsanasthaḥ sahito bhavānyā kumāravṛṃdaiḥ parito vṛtaśca
त्यानंतर चतुरानन ब्रह्म्याने महर्षिवृंदांसह देवदेवाचा अभिषेक केला। तो शुभासनावर विराजमान, भवानिसहित, आणि सर्व बाजूंनी कुमारवृंदांनी वेढलेला होता।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Muktimaṇḍapa (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā (four-faced) with great sages performs ceremonial abhiṣeka to Śiva; Śiva sits on an auspicious throne with Bhavānī beside him, while youthful divine attendants encircle them like a living aureole.
FAQs
Even the highest gods and sages honor Śiva through consecration—modeling reverence, humility, and the supremacy of divine worship.
Kāśī’s Muktimaṇḍapa setting, presented as the stage for Śiva’s royal, liberation-bestowing presence.
Abhiṣeka (ceremonial anointing/consecration) is explicitly referenced as part of the worship offered to Śiva.