Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
काचिच्चयोगिनी भूता काचिज्जाता तपस्विनी । काचिद्बभूव सैरंध्री काचिन्मासोपवासिनी
kāciccayoginī bhūtā kācijjātā tapasvinī | kācidbabhūva sairaṃdhrī kācinmāsopavāsinī
فواحدةٌ كانت يوغينيةً على حالها، وأخرى بدت ناسكةً، وواحدةٌ صارت خادمةً، وأخرى اتخذت هيئة امرأةٍ تصوم شهراً كاملاً.
Skanda (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence-like tableau: the same divine feminine presence shown in four vignettes—yoginī, ascetic woman, handmaiden (sairandhrī), and month-long faster—moving through Kāśī’s courtyards and lanes.
FAQs
Spiritual power can adopt ordinary forms; tapas (austerity) and vrata (fasting) are honored modes within Kāśī’s sacred atmosphere.
Kāśī is the narrative setting, implicitly glorified as the stage where vrata and tapas are especially meaningful.
Māsopavāsa (a month-long fast) is mentioned as a vowed practice, though no procedural details are given.