Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
संप्रधार्येति हृदये देवदेवेन शूलिना । प्रैषिष्ट प्रमथानां तु ततो गणचतुष्टयम्
saṃpradhāryeti hṛdaye devadevena śūlinā | praiṣiṣṭa pramathānāṃ tu tato gaṇacatuṣṭayam
Setelah menimbang dan menetapkan demikian dalam hati, Dewa segala dewa, Sang Pemegang Triśūla, lalu mengutus satu rombongan empat orang daripada kalangan Pramatha.
Skanda (narration reporting Śiva’s act)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, the trident-bearer, after resolving in his heart, dispatches a quartet of gaṇas from among the Pramathas.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred order is shown as divinely instituted: Śiva deliberately assigns his forces to uphold the dhāma.
The verse supports the Kāśī Māhātmya narrative framework; the immediate focus is the dispatch toward Kāśī rather than a single shrine.
None; it narrates Śiva’s inner resolve and the sending of attendants.