Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
विश्वकर्मन्व्रज गुरोः शासनाय यतस्व च । गुरुभक्तिकृतो यस्मान्मद्भक्ता नात्र संशयः
viśvakarmanvraja guroḥ śāsanāya yatasva ca | gurubhaktikṛto yasmānmadbhaktā nātra saṃśayaḥ
اے وشوکرما، گرو کے حکم کی تعمیل کے لیے جا اور کوشش کر؛ کیونکہ جو گرو بھکتی سے ڈھلا ہو وہ یقیناً میرا بھکت ہے، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (deduced; addressing Viśvakarman in temple-building context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvakarman
Scene: Śiva (or a revered guru-figure) instructs Viśvakarman to carry out the guru’s command; Viśvakarman departs with tools and plans, embodying devotion through skilled action.
FAQs
Devotion to the Guru is inseparable from devotion to God; serving the Guru’s instruction is itself worship.
The broader Kāśī-māhātmya context frames the command as part of establishing/beautifying sacred Kāśī.
Carrying out the guru’s śāsana (instruction), especially in sacred service such as constructing or arranging a shrine.