Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
प्रसंगतोपि कः काशीं प्राप्य चंद्रविभूषण । किंचिद्विधातुं शक्तोपि त्यजेत्स्थविरतां दधत्
prasaṃgatopi kaḥ kāśīṃ prāpya caṃdravibhūṣaṇa | kiṃcidvidhātuṃ śaktopi tyajetsthaviratāṃ dadhat
يا من اتخذ القمرَ زينةً على هامته، من ذا الذي—ولو بمجرد المخالطة—إذا بلغ كاشي يترك وقارَ ضبط النفس؟ حتى القادر على غير ذلك لا يأتي بما لا يليق، إذ يحمل ثباتَ النضج والرزانة.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as Candra-vibhūṣaṇa is invoked; the scene suggests an aura over Kāśī that quiets impulses—figures appear composed, with softened gestures and steady gazes, as if the city itself enforces restraint.
FAQs
Kāśī is depicted as a place that naturally induces dharmic restraint and mature steadiness, discouraging wrongdoing even in the capable.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a transformative sacred space that elevates one’s disposition toward dharma.
No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes ethical transformation (self-restraint) as a fruit of being in Kāśī.