Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
पुत्रमित्रकलत्राणि क्षेत्राणि च धनानि च । प्रतिजन्मेह लभ्यंते काश्येका नैव लभ्यते
putramitrakalatrāṇi kṣetrāṇi ca dhanāni ca | pratijanmeha labhyaṃte kāśyekā naiva labhyate
পুত্ৰ, মিত্ৰ, পত্নী, ক্ষেত্ৰ আৰু ধন—এইবোৰ প্ৰতি জন্মতে পুনৰ লাভ হয়; কিন্তু কাশী একাই তেনেকৈ সহজে লাভ নহয়।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa norm: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of seekers/pilgrims
Scene: A contemplative figure sees a wheel of rebirth with repeating icons—family, fields, coins—while Kāśī appears once as a radiant city-lotus beyond the wheel, indicating rarity.
FAQs
Worldly attainments recur, but access to Kāśī is rare; therefore one should value and use the Kāśī opportunity for spiritual progress.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is exalted as uniquely difficult to attain, even across multiple births.
No explicit ritual; it implies prioritizing pilgrimage/residence and devotion in Kāśī when the chance arises.