Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
जगाम वृषमारुह्य मंदरो यत्र तिष्ठति । उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा देवदेवो वृषध्वज
jagāma vṛṣamāruhya maṃdaro yatra tiṣṭhati | uvāca ca prasannātmā devadevo vṛṣadhvaja
وہ بیل پر سوار ہو کر وہاں گئے جہاں مندر ٹھہرا تھا۔ پھر وِرش دھوج، دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، دل کی طمانینت کے ساتھ گویا ہوئے۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (contextual)
Scene: Śiva rides the bull toward Mandara; the scene pauses as the serene Deva of devas, bearing the bull-banner, prepares to speak.
FAQs
When devotion ripens, the deity ‘comes near’—divine grace is pictured as an active arrival, not a distant abstraction.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context continues, presenting Śiva’s immediacy in the Kāśī sacred world.
None; the verse narrates Śiva’s approach and readiness to speak.