Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । वाराणस्यां तथादित्या ये चान्ये तान्वदाम्यतः । कलशोद्भव ते प्रीत्या सर्वे सर्वाघनाशनाः
skaṃda uvāca | vārāṇasyāṃ tathādityā ye cānye tānvadāmyataḥ | kalaśodbhava te prītyā sarve sarvāghanāśanāḥ
স্কন্দ বললেন—বারাণসীতে যে আদিত্যগণ ও অন্যান্য পবিত্র প্রকাশ আছে, এখন আমি তাদের বর্ণনা করছি। হে কলশোদ্ভব (অগস্ত্য), তোমার প্রীতির জন্য; তারা সকলেই সর্বপাপ-নাশক।
Skanda
Tirtha: Āditya-sthalas of Vārāṇasī (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Kalaśodbhava/Kumbha-born)
Scene: Skanda instructs Agastya: a sage seated, attentive; behind them a stylized map-like panorama of Kāśī with multiple small Āditya shrines glowing as nodes.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred geography is mapped through named divine presences; knowing and approaching them is framed as a path of purification.
Vārāṇasī/Kāśī as a whole, especially its network of Āditya manifestations and related sacred spots.
The verse initiates a descriptive catalog of sites; the implied practice is pilgrimage/recognition and worship of the Ādityas in Kāśī.