Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
प्रभावेणैव गायत्र्याः क्षत्रियः कौशिको वशी । राजर्षित्वं परित्यज्य ब्रह्मर्षिपदमीयिवान्
prabhāveṇaiva gāyatryāḥ kṣatriyaḥ kauśiko vaśī | rājarṣitvaṃ parityajya brahmarṣipadamīyivān
گایتری کے محض اثر سے، نفس پر قابو رکھنے والا کوشک—اگرچہ کشتریہ تھا—راج رشی کا مرتبہ چھوڑ کر برہمرشی کے مقام تک پہنچ گیا۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya (standard frame, context-dependent)
Scene: Viśvāmitra (Kauśika), austere and self-mastered, stands in deep tapas with a radiant Gāyatrī aura above; the shift from rājārṣi to brahmarṣi is shown as a luminous coronation of spiritual rank rather than royal insignia.
FAQs
Gāyatrī-upāsanā has the power to transform one’s spiritual rank through discipline and inner mastery.
The verse appears in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, supporting Kāśī’s teaching-tradition, though this specific line praises Gāyatrī’s power rather than a single tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it cites Gāyatrī’s potency through sustained upāsanā.