Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
श्री विश्वेश्वर उवाच । न क्षांतं हि तपोत्युग्रमेतदन्याभिरीदृशम् । पुराऽबलाभिस्तस्माद्वो नाम नक्षत्रमत्र वै
śrī viśveśvara uvāca | na kṣāṃtaṃ hi tapotyugrametadanyābhirīdṛśam | purā'balābhistasmādvo nāma nakṣatramatra vai
ศรีวิศเวศวรตรัสว่า “ตบะอันรุนแรงยิ่งเช่นนี้ มิได้มีสตรีอื่นใดเช่นพวกเจ้าเคยอดทนมาก่อน เพราะฉะนั้น ณ ที่นี้เอง นามของพวกเจ้าจักเป็น ‘นักษตร’”
Śrī Viśveśvara (Śiva of Kāśī)
Tirtha: Nakṣatreśvara / Nakṣatra-nāma (charter within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotees/ascetics in the narrative; and the text’s audience
Scene: Viśveśvara speaks with solemn compassion and astonishment, acknowledging the unmatched intensity of the women’s austerity; a luminous aura surrounds him as the word ‘Nakṣatra’ is conferred like a blessing, almost forming star-like motifs in the air.
FAQs
Exceptional tapas transforms identity; the Lord publicly recognizes and sanctifies spiritual achievement.
Kāśī, the domain of Viśveśvara, where spiritual deeds are memorialized through sacred naming and site-linked legends.
None directly; the verse is a divine commendation and a conferment of sacred designation.