Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
गंगा विश्वेश्वरः काशी जागर्ति त्रितयं यतः । तत्र नैःश्रेयसी लक्ष्मीर्लभ्यते चित्रमत्र किम्
gaṃgā viśveśvaraḥ kāśī jāgarti tritayaṃ yataḥ | tatra naiḥśreyasī lakṣmīrlabhyate citramatra kim
য’ত গঙ্গা, বিশ্বেশ্বৰ আৰু কাশী—এই ত্ৰয়ী সদা জাগ্ৰত থাকে, তাত নৈঃশ্ৰেয়সৰ লক্ষ্মী লাভ হয়; ইয়াত আশ্চৰ্য কি?
Agastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī-tritaya (Gaṅgā–Viśveśvara–Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triptych composition: left—Gaṅgā as living goddess-river; center—Viśveśvara liṅga in sanctum with lamps; right—Kāśī as a radiant city-personification. Above them, a motif of open, unblinking eyes signifying ‘jāgarti’ (ever-awake).
FAQs
Kāśī grants the highest good because Gaṅgā, Śiva as Viśveśvara, and the sacred city itself form an ever-potent triad.
Kāśī with Gaṅgā and Viśveśvara (Kāśī Viśvanātha), presented as a unified sacred complex.
No explicit ritual; the verse states the doctrinal basis for naiḥśreyasa through the triad’s presence.