Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
कृष्णोप्यनेन संजानन्सांबं स्वसुतमौरसम् । अब्रवीत्कुष्ठमोक्षाय व्रज वैश्वेश्वरीं पुरीम्
kṛṣṇopyanena saṃjānansāṃbaṃ svasutamaurasam | abravītkuṣṭhamokṣāya vraja vaiśveśvarīṃ purīm
কৃষ্ণেও ইয়াৰ দ্বাৰা বুজিলে যে সাম্ব সঁচাকৈয়ে তেওঁৰ নিজ পুত্ৰ; তেতিয়া ক’লে—“কুষ্ঠমুক্তিৰ বাবে বৈশ্বেশ্বৰ নগৰী, বাৰাণসীলৈ যোৱা।”
Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Viśveśvarī Purī (Kāśī/Varanasi)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa, composed and authoritative, instructs Sāmba to journey to Viśveśvarī Purī; Sāmba listens with renewed hope, the path to Kāśī implied as a sacred road.
FAQs
Divine grace often comes as guidance toward a sacred place where purification and restoration are ordained.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), called the Vaiśveśvarī Purī—the city of Lord Viśveśvara (Śiva).
Pilgrimage to Kāśī is prescribed as the means for kuṣṭha-mokṣa (release from leprosy).