Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
अस्मिञ्जन्मनि बालत्वान्न चैवाराधितः स्फुटम् । प्रत्यक्षमेव मे वैतत्कुतोनुग्रहधीर्मयि
asmiñjanmani bālatvānna caivārādhitaḥ sphuṭam | pratyakṣameva me vaitatkutonugrahadhīrmayi
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Tvaṣṭṛ’s son (tvāṣṭraḥ)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembly of sages (contextually Śaunaka etc.)
Scene: A young devotee in Kāśī, head bowed, hands folded, standing near a shrine corridor with lamps and bilva leaves, expressing unworthiness before Viśveśvara’s presence.
FAQs
Grace is not a transaction; the devotee’s humility highlights that divine favor can exceed one’s perceived merits.
The broader Kāśī-māhātmya setting remains, though the verse centers on inner worthiness rather than a site.
None stated; it references ārādhana (worship) as something the speaker feels he has not performed.