Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
सप्तापि लोकपाला ये त एनं समुपासते । नारदाद्यैर्मुनिवरैरयमाशीर्भिरीड्यते
saptāpi lokapālā ye ta enaṃ samupāsate | nāradādyairmunivarairayamāśīrbhirīḍyate
ساتوں لوک پال بھی اس مقدّس مقام کو سجدۂ تعظیم دے کر پوجتے ہیں؛ نارَد وغیرہ برگزیدہ رِشی اپنی دعاؤں اور آشیرواد سے اس کی ستائش کرتے ہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied ‘divine station’ within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A radiant sacred seat in Kāśī, encircled by the seven Lokapālas offering worship; Nārada and other sages stand with raised hands bestowing blessings, with the Gaṅgā and ghāṭas faintly visible behind.
FAQs
A holy locus becomes supremely venerable when even cosmic guardians and realized sages honor it—devotion aligns one with that higher order.
Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography, the verse praises a divine city/state likened to Mahendra’s city (Amarāvatī) situated in the Kāśī narrative context.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the place’s exalted status as worship-worthy.