Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
शिवा शिवोदितं चेति श्रुत्वाप्याह महेश्वरम् । जीवितेश विहाय त्वां न क्वापि परियाम्यहम्
śivā śivoditaṃ ceti śrutvāpyāha maheśvaram | jīviteśa vihāya tvāṃ na kvāpi pariyāmyaham
சிவன் கூறிய சொற்களை கேட்ட சிவா, மகேஸ்வரனை நோக்கி—என் உயிர்நாதா! உன்னை விட்டு நான் எங்கும் செல்லமாட்டேன்—என்று கூறினாள்।
Devī (Śivā/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience / interlocutor in Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Śivā, hearing Śiva’s words, responds with calm certainty: ‘Leaving you, I will not go anywhere.’ The scene is intimate, quiet, and resolute, with Kāśī’s sacred ambience implied.
FAQs
Steadfast devotion: the heart that has chosen the Divine does not seek fulfillment elsewhere.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting where such unwavering devotion and divine intimacy are celebrated.
None; it expresses a vow-like resolve of unwavering companionship and devotion.