Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
येनानुमन्यते चैषा काशी सर्वप्रमाणभूः । बुद्धिर्बुध्यति सा सर्वमिह बुद्धिमतां सताम् । ययैतद्धूर्जटेर्धाम धृतं स्व विषयीकृतम्
yenānumanyate caiṣā kāśī sarvapramāṇabhūḥ | buddhirbudhyati sā sarvamiha buddhimatāṃ satām | yayaitaddhūrjaṭerdhāma dhṛtaṃ sva viṣayīkṛtam
यया बुद्ध्या सर्वप्रमाणभूता काशी अनुमन्यते, सैव बुद्धिः सतां बुद्धिमतां सर्वमिह बोधयति। तया एव धूर्जटेर्धाम एतत् धृतं स्वविषयी कृतं च।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative sage at dawn on the Gaṅgā ghāṭa, eyes half-closed, perceiving Kāśī as a luminous mandala; above, Śiva (Dhūrjaṭi) subtly enthroned as the sustaining intelligence, with the city’s temples and spires forming His ‘domain’.
FAQs
True understanding is portrayed as a divine Buddhi that recognizes Kāśī’s unique sanctity and Śiva’s sovereign presence there.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as the very abode and domain of Śiva (Dhūrjaṭi).
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes insight into Kāśī’s status as Śiva’s own sacred realm.