Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
श्रीभगवानुवाच । ध्रुवावधेहि वक्ष्यामि हितं तव महामते । येन ते निश्चलं सम्यक्पदमेतद्भविष्यति
śrībhagavānuvāca | dhruvāvadhehi vakṣyāmi hitaṃ tava mahāmate | yena te niścalaṃ samyakpadametadbhaviṣyati
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਹੇ ਧ੍ਰੁਵ, ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣ। ਹੇ ਮਹਾਮਤੀ, ਮੈਂ ਤੇਰੇ ਹਿਤ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ—ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਇਹ ਉੱਚਾ, ਅਡੋਲ ਪਦ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਯਥਾਰਥ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।”
Bhagavān (the Lord; within Dhruva narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dhruva
Scene: A divine figure (Bhagavān) addressing Dhruva with a gesture of instruction; Dhruva stands/sits with folded hands, attentive; the background hints at Kāśī’s sacred skyline as the destination of the teaching.
FAQs
Divine guidance (upadeśa) leads to a stable, higher spiritual attainment when received with attentive listening.
Not in this verse; the subsequent verses explicitly turn toward Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and Viśveśvara.
Śravaṇa (attentive hearing) of the Lord’s beneficial instruction.