Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
इत्थं मांदारदामिः स नित्यं परिमलालयः । काश्यां त्रिविष्टपं द्रष्टुं समागच्छेत्प्रयत्नवान्
itthaṃ māṃdāradāmiḥ sa nityaṃ parimalālayaḥ | kāśyāṃ triviṣṭapaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgacchetprayatnavān
এইদৰে মন্দাৰদামীৰ পুত্ৰ পৰিমলালয় সদায় প্ৰয়াসী হৈ কাশীলৈ আহিছিল—সেই ঠাইত ‘ত্ৰিৱিষ্টপ’ (স্বৰ্গ) দৰ্শন কৰিবলৈ, অৰ্থাৎ কাশীৰ পবিত্ৰতাত স্বৰ্গানুভৱ কৰিবলৈ।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as Triviṣṭapa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A determined pilgrim (Parimalālaya), son of Mandāradāma, walking toward Kāśī’s ghats with staff and waterpot; above the city, a subtle celestial overlay suggests ‘Triviṣṭapa’ perceived within Kāśī.
FAQs
Earnest effort in pilgrimage and worship makes Kāśī itself a foretaste of heaven and a gateway to higher merit.
Kāśī is praised as a place where one can ‘see heaven’ through its extraordinary sacred power.
Not a fixed ritual; it highlights intentional pilgrimage (prayatna) to Kāśī for darśana and worship.