Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
कार्दमिरुवाच । यदि नाथ प्रसन्नोसि भक्तानामनुकंपक । सर्वासामाधिपत्यं मे देह्यपां यादसामपि
kārdamiruvāca | yadi nātha prasannosi bhaktānāmanukaṃpaka | sarvāsāmādhipatyaṃ me dehyapāṃ yādasāmapi
کاردَم نے عرض کیا: “اے ناتھ! اگر آپ راضی ہیں، اور اپنے بھکتوں پر مہربان ہیں، تو مجھے تمام پانیوں پر اور آبی مخلوقات پر بھی اقتدار عطا فرمائیں۔”
Kārdama
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kārdama, hands folded, petitions Śiva for lordship over all waters and aquatic beings; behind them, symbolic waves, river currents, and creatures (fish, makara) appear as cosmic emblems.
FAQs
A devotee may seek divinely sanctioned responsibility (ādhipatya) for cosmic order, not merely personal enjoyment.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting where such boons are requested and conferred.
No specific rite; it is a direct supplication (prārthanā) for a boon.