Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
श्रुत्वेति वाक्यं जगदीशितुश्च प्रोवाच विष्णुर्वरदं महेशम् । यदि प्रसन्नोसि पिनाकपाणे तदा पदाद्दूरमहं न ते स्याम्
śrutveti vākyaṃ jagadīśituśca provāca viṣṇurvaradaṃ maheśam | yadi prasannosi pinākapāṇe tadā padāddūramahaṃ na te syām
Nang marinig ang mga salita ng Panginoon ng sanlibutan, nagsalita si Viṣṇu kay Maheśa, ang tagapagkaloob ng biyaya: “Kung ikaw ay nalulugod, O may hawak ng busog na Pināka, nawa’y hindi ako kailanman mapalayo sa iyong mga paa.”
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Kāśī / Ānandavana (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu, hands folded, addresses Śiva with gentle intensity, asking only to remain forever near Śiva’s feet; Śiva stands as varada with Pināka, calm and receptive.
FAQs
The highest boon is not worldly gain but abiding proximity to the divine—expressed as nearness to Śiva’s feet.
Kāśī’s Ānandavana context continues, presenting it as a place where Hari and Hara’s unity is revealed.
No direct rite is stated; the verse models bhakti as the supreme request—seeking divine sannidhya (presence).