Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
काशीस्थितैर्यतो दर्शि ध्वजो मेषवृषलांछनः । वृषध्वजेन नाम्नातः स्थास्याम्यत्र पितामहाः
kāśīsthitairyato darśi dhvajo meṣavṛṣalāṃchanaḥ | vṛṣadhvajena nāmnātaḥ sthāsyāmyatra pitāmahāḥ
因为居于迦尸（Kāśī）之人得见我旗幡，上有公羊与雄牛之徽记；因此——诸位祖先啊——我将住于此处，以“Vṛṣadhvaja（牛旗）”之名而闻名。
Vṛṣadhvaja (i.e., Śiva as ‘Bull-bannered’ Lord; self-identification in the verse)
Tirtha: Vṛṣadhvaja-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pitṛs (addressed as ‘pitāmahaḥ’)
Scene: On a Kāśī ghat stands a tall banner-staff; the banner bears a ram and a bull insignia. Pilgrims gaze upward; the Lord’s presence is implied as a radiant aura, while pitṛs are invoked in the background.
FAQs
Divine presence becomes locally accessible through name, form, and sign—making Kāśī a living field of darśana.
Vṛṣadhvaja—presented as a named sacred locus/tīrtha within Kāśī connected to Śiva’s emblem.
No direct prescription; it emphasizes darśana (beholding the divine sign) as a devotional act in Kāśī.