Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
यस्मिन्सर्वं यस्तु सर्वत्र सर्वो यो वै कर्ता योऽविता योऽपहर्ता । नो यस्यादिर्यः समस्तादिरेको नो यस्यांतो योंतकृत्तं नतोस्मि
yasminsarvaṃ yastu sarvatra sarvo yo vai kartā yo'vitā yo'pahartā | no yasyādiryaḥ samastādireko no yasyāṃto yoṃtakṛttaṃ natosmi
यस्मिन् सर्वं स्थितं, यः सर्वत्र सर्वरूपः; यो वै कर्ता, योऽविता, योऽपहर्ता। यस्य नादिः, स एव समस्तादिरेको; यस्य नान्तः, योऽन्तकृत्तं—तस्मै नमोऽस्तु।
Satyavatī’s son (Vyāsa) in stotra to Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Viśvanātha (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/reciters of Kāśī-māhātmya
Scene: Cosmic Viśvanātha: within His aura appear worlds, beings, and the cycles of protection and dissolution; a devotee bows at His feet; Kāśī’s skyline and Gaṅgā subtly frame the vision.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as the all-pervading absolute—source, sustainer, and dissolver—inviting surrender (namaskāra) as dharma.
Kāśī through Viśvanātha’s stotra; the verse is universal theology voiced in the Kāśī setting.
The devotional act of bowing (namas) is explicit; no additional rite is specified.