Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
इत्याश्रमचरान्दृष्ट्वा तिर्यञ्चोपि मुनीनिव । अबोधिविबुधैरित्थं प्रभावः क्षेत्रजस्त्वयम्
ityāśramacarāndṛṣṭvā tiryañcopi munīniva | abodhivibudhairitthaṃ prabhāvaḥ kṣetrajastvayam
وهكذا، إذ رأوا حتى الحيوانات تسلك مسلكَ المُنِيّين الساكنين في الآشرمات، أدرك الحكماء: «هكذا هو هذا الأثرُ والقوةُ المولودان من هذا الكْشِترا المقدّس».
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis
Scene: In a forested āśrama edge near Kāśī, deer, monkeys, and birds sit calmly like sages—some near a hermitage fire—while astonished wise men observe and recognize the kṣetra’s power.
FAQs
Kāśī’s kṣetra-śakti transforms behavior itself, making even the unrefined incline toward ascetic calm.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly (the sacred field of Vārāṇasī), praised for its extraordinary influence.
None directly; the verse supports the merit of dwelling in the kṣetra and absorbing its sanctifying influence.