Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
अत्रात्मव्यतिरेकेण द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति । आत्मारामः स योगींद्रो ब्रह्मीभूतो भवेदिह
atrātmavyatirekeṇa dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati | ātmārāmaḥ sa yogīṃdro brahmībhūto bhavediha
ইয়াত যি আত্মাৰ বাহিৰে কোনো ‘দ্বিতীয়’ নেদেখে, আত্মাত ৰমণ কৰা সেইজন যোগীন্দ্ৰ হয় আৰু এই জীৱনতেই ব্ৰহ্ম-সাক্ষাৎকাৰী হয়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant yogin in Kāśī, with the Ganga and Viśvanātha spires behind, depicted as seeing the same Self in all beings—pilgrims, priests, animals—without distinction.
FAQs
Non-dual Self-vision—seeing nothing separate from the Ātman—culminates in Brahman-realization.
The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberation framework, where Kāśī is famed for leading seekers toward Brahma-jñāna.
None; it describes a state of realization (non-dual seeing) rather than an outward practice.