Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
आदावेव हि तिष्ठासुरहमत्र तपोनिधे । ततस्त्वया समभ्यर्थि स्थास्याम्यत्र सदैव हि
ādāveva hi tiṣṭhāsurahamatra taponidhe | tatastvayā samabhyarthi sthāsyāmyatra sadaiva hi
اے ریاضت کے خزانے! ابتدا ہی سے میرا ارادہ تھا کہ میں یہاں ٹھہروں۔ پھر جب تم نے مجھ سے التجا کی تو میں یقیناً یہاں ہمیشہ کے لیے قائم رہوں گا۔
Śrī Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agnibindu
Scene: Viṣṇu explains that He had intended from the beginning to dwell in Kāśī; Agnibindu’s request becomes the narrative trigger for the eternal residence being declared.
FAQs
A sacred place is upheld both by divine intention and by the tapas and sincere prayer of sages, resulting in enduring sanctity.
Kāśī, presented as a place where the deity abides continually.
No explicit ritual; the verse highlights tapas and earnest supplication as spiritually efficacious.