Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
निशम्येति पुनः प्राह सर्वज्ञो भूतनायकः । मा याहि देवि मां हित्वा गता च न मिलिष्यसि
niśamyeti punaḥ prāha sarvajño bhūtanāyakaḥ | mā yāhi devi māṃ hitvā gatā ca na miliṣyasi
Nang marinig ito, muling nagsalita ang Panginoon ng mga nilalang, ang Lubos na Nakaaalam: “Huwag kang umalis, O Diyosa, at iwan ako—sapagkat kapag ikaw ay nakalayo na, hindi mo na ako muling makikita.”
Śiva (Bhūtanāyaka)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (frame, not explicit)
Scene: Śiva, all-knowing and grave, speaks a final warning to Devī: do not go leaving me; if you go, you will not meet me again—stillness, shadow of destiny, Devī poised between obedience and departure.
FAQs
Divine counsel warns that certain actions create irreversible separation; heed higher wisdom before crossing a point of no return.
This verse does not glorify a specific tīrtha; it advances the narrative within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
None; the focus is Śiva’s prohibition rooted in foreknowledge of consequences.