Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रमथेषु प्रविष्टेषु मायावीर्यमहत्स्वपि । अहमेव प्रविष्टोस्मि वाराणस्यां न संशयः
pramatheṣu praviṣṭeṣu māyāvīryamahatsvapi | ahameva praviṣṭosmi vārāṇasyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
প্ৰমথসকল মহা মায়াবল আৰু বীৰ্যসহ প্ৰৱেশ কৰিলেও, বাৰাণসীত প্ৰৱেশ কৰা মই নিজেই—ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Śiva (Sthāṇu), reported by Skanda
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A declaration of certainty: despite gaṇas entering with māyā-bala, it is Śiva himself who has entered Vārāṇasī—emphasizing divine immanence.
FAQs
Kāśī’s holiness is grounded not merely in attendants or rituals, but in Śiva’s own direct indwelling presence.
Vārāṇasī/Kāśī itself is explicitly glorified as the city entered and pervaded by Śiva.
None; it is a theological affirmation of Śiva’s immanence in Kāśī.