Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
अगस्त्य उवाच । इत्थं कथयतोरेव रम्यां पुण्यवतीं कथाम् । भगवद्गणयोः प्राप नेत्रातिथ्यं गुरोः पुरी
agastya uvāca | itthaṃ kathayatoreva ramyāṃ puṇyavatīṃ kathām | bhagavadgaṇayoḥ prāpa netrātithyaṃ guroḥ purī
অগস্ত্য বললেন—তাঁরা দু’জন যখন সেই মনোরম ও পুণ্যদায়িনী কাহিনি বলছিলেন, তখন গুরু-পুরী পবিত্র কাশী ভগবানের গণদের দৃষ্টিগোচর হল, যেন তাদের চোখের জন্য এক পরম তৃপ্তিদায়ক দর্শন।
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Frame audience implied)
Scene: Two divine attendants (gaṇas) traveling with a teacher and companion; the skyline of Kāśī appears—temple spires, ghāṭas, and the Gaṅgā shimmering—framed as ‘feast for the eyes’.
FAQs
Even the mere darśana (sight) of Kāśī is portrayed as spiritually uplifting and merit-giving.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), called “the Guru’s city,” celebrated as supremely auspicious to behold.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the sanctifying power of seeing Kāśī.