Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
श्रीभगवानुवाच । ध्रुवावधेहि वक्ष्यामि हितं तव महामते । येन ते निश्चलं सम्यक्पदमेतद्भविष्यति
śrībhagavānuvāca | dhruvāvadhehi vakṣyāmi hitaṃ tava mahāmate | yena te niścalaṃ samyakpadametadbhaviṣyati
شری بھگوان نے فرمایا: “اے دھروَو، توجہ سے سنو۔ اے بلند ہمت، میں تمہارے حقیقی بھلے کی بات کہتا ہوں—جس سے یہ اعلیٰ اور غیر متزلزل مقام تمہیں درست طور پر حاصل ہو جائے گا۔”
Bhagavān (the Lord; within Dhruva narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dhruva
Scene: A divine figure (Bhagavān) addressing Dhruva with a gesture of instruction; Dhruva stands/sits with folded hands, attentive; the background hints at Kāśī’s sacred skyline as the destination of the teaching.
FAQs
Divine guidance (upadeśa) leads to a stable, higher spiritual attainment when received with attentive listening.
Not in this verse; the subsequent verses explicitly turn toward Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and Viśveśvara.
Śravaṇa (attentive hearing) of the Lord’s beneficial instruction.