Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
अयमेव हि वै धर्मः काशीसेवनसंभवः । रुषितादपि रुद्रान्मां रक्षिष्यति न संशयः
ayameva hi vai dharmaḥ kāśīsevanasaṃbhavaḥ | ruṣitādapi rudrānmāṃ rakṣiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
یہی سچا دھرم ہے جو کاشی کی سیوا سے جنم لیتا ہے۔ اگر رودر بھی خفا ہو جائیں تب بھی یہی دھرم میری حفاظت کرے گا—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa norm: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī performs humble service at a ghat/temple; a protective aura of Dharma rises from the act, while Rudra appears in a fierce form in the sky—yet the devotee remains fearless, sheltered by kṣetra-born dharma.
FAQs
Service to Kāśī is framed as a uniquely potent Dharma that becomes a spiritual shield, surpassing fear and uncertainty.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) itself is explicitly glorified as the source of a protective, liberating Dharma.
The implied prescription is Kāśī-sevā—devotional service and sustained religious life in Kāśī.