Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
संतोष्य सर्वान्प्रथमं मुनींद्रान्स्वैस्वैर्हृदिस्थैश्च चिराभिलाषैः । ब्रह्माणमाभाष्य शिवोथ विष्णुं जगाद सर्वामरवृंदवंद्यः
saṃtoṣya sarvānprathamaṃ munīṃdrānsvaisvairhṛdisthaiśca cirābhilāṣaiḥ | brahmāṇamābhāṣya śivotha viṣṇuṃ jagāda sarvāmaravṛṃdavaṃdyaḥ
Una, pinalugod ni Śiva ang lahat ng mga panginoong rishi sa pagtupad sa matagal nang mga ninanais na nakatago sa kanilang puso. Pagkaraan, matapos kausapin si Brahmā, siya na iginagalang ng lahat ng mga amara ay nagsalita kay Viṣṇu.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, serene and majestic, bestows satisfaction upon assembled sages; then turns to address Brahmā and Viṣṇu in a dignified divine council, with devas standing in reverence.
FAQs
In the tīrtha’s presence, devotion ripens into fulfillment—Śiva is portrayed as the inner knower who completes sincere, long-held aspirations.
Kāśī, where the divine assembly and Śiva’s grace toward sages are narrated as part of the Muktimaṇḍapa account.
No explicit ritual instruction; the focus is on grace (anugraha) and divine discourse among Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.