Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
अन्यश्च मे वरो दत्तो विश्वेशेन पतिव्रते । तपसा परितुष्टेन तं निशामय वच्मि ते
anyaśca me varo datto viśveśena pativrate | tapasā parituṣṭena taṃ niśāmaya vacmi te
“Và một ân phúc khác đã được Viśveśvara ban cho Ta, hỡi người vợ trinh tín; Ngài hoan hỷ trước khổ hạnh của nàng. Hãy lắng nghe, Ta sẽ nói cho nàng.”
Ravi (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pativratā (addressed as ‘pativrate’)
Scene: Sūrya addresses the devoted wife, acknowledging Viśveśvara’s boon obtained through her austerity; the scene is intimate, didactic, and set within temple proximity.
FAQs
Tapas and marital fidelity (pativratā-dharma) are honored in Kāśī and draw the favor of Viśveśvara and the devas.
Viśveśvara in Kāśī, as the divine authority granting boons connected to the city’s sacred order.
Tapas (austerity) and attentive hearing/receiving of the boon’s instruction.