Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
अनुग्रहं कुरुध्वेश तिष्ठात्रैव जगद्गुरो । अनेनैव हि रूपेण व्याघ्रेश इति नामतः
anugrahaṃ kurudhveśa tiṣṭhātraiva jagadguro | anenaiva hi rūpeṇa vyāghreśa iti nāmataḥ
اے ربّ، کرم فرما؛ اے جگت گرو، یہیں قیام فرما—اسی روپ میں، اور نام کے اعتبار سے ‘ویاغھریش’ (شیرِ بیشہ کے مالک) کہلاؤ۔
Tapodhanas/Sages (deduced from narrative: they begin praising and then request)
Tirtha: Vyāghreśa
Type: temple
Scene: Sages in añjali plead with Śiva: ‘Remain here, O Jagadguru, in this very form, named Vyāghreśa.’ Śiva’s expression is compassionate assent; the tiger emblem becomes the shrine’s identity.
FAQs
Devotees ask not only for rescue but for the Lord’s abiding presence—grace becomes a permanent sanctity in a place.
A Kāśī locale associated with Śiva’s form/name ‘Vyāghreśa’, implying a liṅga or shrine established by this event.
The verse implies sthāpanā/bhāva of enduring presence and nāma-kīrtana—invoking Śiva as ‘Vyāghreśa’ in worship.