Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 205
ब्रह्मांडांतरसंस्थेषु भुंजन्भोगान्मनोरमान् । सर्वैः संपूजितो विष्णो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
brahmāṃḍāṃtarasaṃstheṣu bhuṃjanbhogānmanoramān | sarvaiḥ saṃpūjito viṣṇo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের অন্তর্গত লোকসমূহে অবস্থান করে মনোরম ভোগ উপভোগ করে এবং সকলের দ্বারা পূজিত হয়ে—হে বিষ্ণু—এই অবস্থা মহাপ্রলয় পর্যন্ত স্থায়ী থাকে।
Narratorial phala-śruti style statement within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A visionary panorama of layered cosmic spheres with jeweled cities; a devotee’s subtle body ascends, welcomed by radiant beings; Viṣṇu’s presence implied as the sustaining lord, with honors offered by celestial attendants.
FAQs
Merit earned through sacred practice is portrayed as yielding long-lasting, exalted states—yet still within saṃsāra’s cosmic cycles.
This appears as a results-verse within Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-centered narrative, indirectly reinforcing the tīrtha-power of Gaṅgā in Kāśī.
No new prescription here; it describes the fruit (phala) that follows from the preceding worship/recitation observances.