Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
तच्च स्वाम्यं ममान्यत्र त्वदृते जीवितेश्वरि । राज्यं त्यजेयं त्वद्वाक्यात्तृणीकृत्यापि मानिनि
tacca svāmyaṃ mamānyatra tvadṛte jīviteśvari | rājyaṃ tyajeyaṃ tvadvākyāttṛṇīkṛtyāpi mānini
त्वदृते जीवितेश्वरि मम नान्यत्र किञ्चित् स्वाम्यमस्ति। त्वद्वाक्यादेव मानिनि राज्यं तृणवत् कृत्वा त्यजेयम्॥
Mālpaketu (king/husband)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, hands folded, speaks to his beloved/queen with earnest eyes, offering symbolic regalia (crown/scepter) as insignificant straw; palace backdrop softened by an aura suggesting Kāśī’s spiritual gravity.
FAQs
True attachment should be to dharma and the beloved’s righteous word; worldly power like kingship is secondary and renounceable.
The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative stream leading toward Kāśī/Viśvanātha; the explicit site appears in the later verses of this passage.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it expresses readiness for renunciation and obedience to a dharmic request.