Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
विषमेक्षण पादाब्जं समीक्षिष्ये यदा पुनः । तदांबुविप्रुषमपि भक्षयिष्यामि चेत्यहो
viṣamekṣaṇa pādābjaṃ samīkṣiṣye yadā punaḥ | tadāṃbuvipruṣamapi bhakṣayiṣyāmi cetyaho
“Khi nào ta lại được chiêm bái đôi chân sen của Đấng Mắt Không-Đều (Śiva), chỉ khi ấy—chỉ khi ấy—ta mới dùng dù chỉ một giọt nước!” Ông thốt lên như vậy.
Jaigīṣavya (vow quoted within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Jaigīṣavya proclaims a severe vow: he will not take even a drop of water until he again beholds Śiva’s lotus-feet; the declaration is intense and devotional.
FAQs
Devotion prioritizes divine darśana over bodily comfort; the devotee’s longing for Śiva becomes the very fuel of tapas.
The immediate focus is Śiva’s darśana rather than a named tīrtha; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, it implicitly supports Kāśī as a place of attainable darśana.
A vow of extreme restraint: not even drinking a drop of water until beholding Śiva’s lotus-feet again.