यैश्च काशीस्थितो जंतुरल्पकोपि विरोधितः । तैर्वै विश्वंभरा सर्वा मया सह विरोधिता
yaiśca kāśīsthito jaṃturalpakopi virodhitaḥ | tairvai viśvaṃbharā sarvā mayā saha virodhitā
جن لوگوں نے کاشی میں بسنے والے کسی ایک جیو کو بھی ذرا سا مخالفت یا ایذا دی، انہوں نے یقیناً میرے ساتھ پوری وشومبھرا دھرتی کی مخالفت کی۔
Śiva (Hara/Bhava)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī / Skanda-tradition audience (contextual)
Scene: Śiva as Viśvanātha stands as guardian of Kāśī; a pilgrim restrains anger and offers protection to a small creature, while the city’s ghāṭas and temples glow behind—signifying that harming a Kāśī-being is cosmic defiance.
Kāśī’s sanctity extends to its inhabitants; harming or opposing a Kāśī-dweller is treated as hostility toward Śiva and the cosmic order.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a protected sacred sphere where residents are under Śiva’s special regard.
No formal ritual; the ethical prescription is ahiṃsā and non-hostility toward beings in Kāśī.