Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
कस्तादृशि महीजानौ पुण्यवर्त्मन्यतंद्रिते । काशीपाले दिवोदासे मनागपि विरुद्धधीः
kastādṛśi mahījānau puṇyavartmanyataṃdrite | kāśīpāle divodāse manāgapi viruddhadhīḥ
یہ سب جان کر زمین پر کون ایسا ہوگا جو پُنّیہ کے راستے پر بے تھکا چلنے والے کاشی کے پالک دیووداس کے خلاف ذرّہ بھر بھی مخالف خیال رکھے؟
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reverent courtly scene in Kāśī: sages or narrators extol Divodāsa as tireless guardian of the meritorious path, with the city’s ghats and temples implied in the background.
FAQs
Those who uphold a sacred city through dharma deserve honor; opposing such guardianship is portrayed as spiritually improper.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), specifically through praise of its guardian-king Divodāsa.
None; it is a statement of dharmic respect toward the righteous protector of a holy kṣetra.