Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
संसारबंधविच्छित्तिमपि यच्छति सार्चिता । गणना शृंखलादीनां का च तस्याः समर्चनात्
saṃsārabaṃdhavicchittimapi yacchati sārcitā | gaṇanā śṛṃkhalādīnāṃ kā ca tasyāḥ samarcanāt
যথোচিত ভক্তি-সম্মানে আৰ্চনা কৰিলে তাই সংসাৰ-বন্ধনৰ বিচ্ছেদো দান কৰে। তেন্তে শৃংখলা আদি ক্ষুদ্ৰ ফল গণনা কিয়, যেতিয়া তাইক সম্যক পূজিত কৰা হয়?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A serene Kāśī shrine scene: the Devī being worshipped with lamps and flowers; subtle imagery of broken chains dissolving into light, signifying saṃsāra-bandha-viccheda.
FAQs
True worship aimed at the Divine in Kāśī culminates in mokṣa—freedom from saṃsāra—making lesser boons insignificant.
Kāśī as a liberating kṣetra, through the presence and worship of the local tīrtha-devī.
Samarcana—proper devotional worship (arcana) of the Goddess associated with the Kāśī sacred geography.