Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
यदा च राजा भविता दिवोदासो विधेर्वरात् । तदा मे वचनात्तात प्रासादं मे विधास्यति
yadā ca rājā bhavitā divodāso vidhervarāt | tadā me vacanāttāta prāsādaṃ me vidhāsyati
جب ودھاتا برہما کے ور سے راجا دیووداس ظہور کرے گا، تب اے عزیز، میرے حکم کے مطابق وہ میرے لیے ایک پرساد نما مندر تعمیر کرائے گا۔
Śiva (deduced from Kāśī-khaṇḍa Avimukta/Viśvanātha context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvakarman / a close attendant addressed as 'tāta' (contextual)
Scene: A prophetic moment: the deity foresees King Divodāsa, born by Brahmā’s boon, commissioning a lofty prāsāda in Kāśī; artisans and celestial plans implied.
FAQs
Sacred space is upheld by divine will and dharmic kingship; building shrines becomes an instrument for restoring holy geography.
Kāśī/Avimukta—the eternal sacred field where Śiva’s presence is specially affirmed.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the act emphasized is prāsāda-nirmāṇa (constructing a shrine/temple) as a dharmic service.