Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
राजोवाच । द्विजवर्यो भवानेकः प्रतिभातीति निश्चितम् । यथातत्त्ववती ते धीर्न तथान्यस्य मे मतिः
rājovāca | dvijavaryo bhavānekaḥ pratibhātīti niścitam | yathātattvavatī te dhīrna tathānyasya me matiḥ
بادشاہ نے کہا: “اے بہترینِ دو بار جنم لینے والے! مجھے یقین ہے کہ حقیقی بصیرت صرف تم ہی میں ہے۔ تمہاری عقل حقیقتِ تَتْو میں قائم ہے؛ کسی اور کے بارے میں میرا ایسا گمان نہیں۔”
Rājā (King)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (vipra), addressed as dvijavarya
Scene: A king, hands folded, addresses a serene brāhmaṇa-sage seated calmly, indicating the start of a sacred discourse in Kāśī’s atmosphere.
FAQs
True discernment (tattva-jñāna) is honored, and humility before wise brāhmaṇas is upheld as dharma.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is part of a dialogue rather than direct tīrtha praise.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.