Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
सामर्थ्यं प्राप चात्युच्चैरन्यद्भुवनसर्जने । किं किं न दद्याद्गायत्री सम्यगेवमुपासिता
sāmarthyaṃ prāpa cātyuccairanyadbhuvanasarjane | kiṃ kiṃ na dadyādgāyatrī samyagevamupāsitā
اس نے نہایت بلند قدرت پائی—یہاں تک کہ دوسرے جہانوں کی تخلیق تک۔ یوں درست طریقے سے عبادت کی جائے تو گایتری کیا کچھ عطا نہیں کرتی؟
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience within Kāśī-mahātmya frame (contextual)
Scene: A visionary tableau: Viśvāmitra’s japa radiates outward as concentric universes; Gāyatrī appears as a luminous geometric-vāk form (Vedic meter embodied), suggesting the capacity to ‘create worlds’ as a metaphor for cosmic mastery.
FAQs
Proper, disciplined worship of Gāyatrī is portrayed as supremely fruitful, granting even extraordinary spiritual capacities.
Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography, the emphasis here is primarily on the mantra’s greatness rather than a named tīrtha.
It implies correct upāsanā (proper worship/practice) of Gāyatrī, though details are not specified in this verse.