Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
सर्वेषां च मनोवृत्तिं त्वं ज्ञास्यसि वरान्मम । किं बहूक्तेन यत्स्वर्गे यत्पाताले यदत्र च
sarveṣāṃ ca manovṛttiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi varānmama | kiṃ bahūktena yatsvarge yatpātāle yadatra ca
凭我所赐之恩，你将知晓一切众生的心行与意向。何须多言？凡在天界者、在下界者、以及此处所有者——你皆能了知。
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boon-giver gestures toward the three realms—heaven above, netherworld below, and earth—while the devotee receives a luminous ‘inner sight’; subtle faces of beings appear as thought-forms around them.
FAQs
True empowerment is portrayed as expansive knowledge and insight, granted through divine grace and aligned with dharma.
The teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame that glorifies Kāśī as a uniquely sanctifying spiritual landscape.
None; the verse describes the scope of knowledge granted as a boon.