Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
आदावनाराध्य भवंतमत्र यो मां भजिष्यत्यपि भक्तियुक्तः । समीहितं तस्य न सेत्स्यति ध्रुवं परात्परान्मेंबुज चक्रपाणे
ādāvanārādhya bhavaṃtamatra yo māṃ bhajiṣyatyapi bhaktiyuktaḥ | samīhitaṃ tasya na setsyati dhruvaṃ parātparānmeṃbuja cakrapāṇe
โอ้พระผู้ทรงดอกบัวและจักร ผู้สูงสุดยิ่งกว่าสูงสุดทั้งปวง ผู้ใดในที่นี้มิได้บูชาพระองค์ก่อน แล้วจึงมาบูชาข้า แม้ด้วยภักติ กิจที่ปรารถนาของเขาย่อมไม่สำเร็จเป็นแน่
Śiva (addressing Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Ānandavana (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva instructs Viṣṇu with affectionate authority: in this sacred place, devotees must first worship Viṣṇu before worshipping Śiva for their aims to succeed; the scene feels didactic yet tender.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes right orientation: devotion bears fruit when aligned with the proper divine order and intent.
The teaching is situated in Kāśī’s sacred domain, presenting it as a place of precise devotional discipline and high spiritual stakes.
An implicit prescription: worship/propitiate Viṣṇu first (ādau ārādhana) before other forms of worship in this context.