Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
काशीप्रवृत्तिं नो जाने दिवोदासनृपस्य च । योगिन्यर्कविधीनां च तद्द्वौ यातं भवत्स्वमू
kāśīpravṛttiṃ no jāne divodāsanṛpasya ca | yoginyarkavidhīnāṃ ca taddvau yātaṃ bhavatsvamū
“مجھے کاشی کی موجودہ روش معلوم نہیں، نہ ہی راجا دیووداس کی حالت؛ نہ یوگنیوں کی، نہ سورج اور وِدھی (برہما) کی۔ اس لیے، میرے اپنے خادموں میں سے تم دونوں جاؤ۔”
Śiva (Deveśa)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A concerned authority figure in council, stating ignorance of Kāśī’s current affairs—Divodāsa’s condition, yoginī rites, and the status of Sūrya and Brahmā—then dispatching two trusted attendants as envoys toward Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī’s spiritual drama is momentous enough to engage gods and kings alike; discerning the truth and acting swiftly is itself a dharmic duty.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly named as the sacred center whose ‘pravṛtti’ (current happenings) must be known.
None; it is an investigative command within the Kāśī Māhātmya storyline, not a direct rite or vrata.