Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
बृहस्पतेरिति वचो निशम्य स सहस्रदृक् । आयाद्द्रुततरं काशीं महापातकघातुकाम्
bṛhaspateriti vaco niśamya sa sahasradṛk | āyāddrutataraṃ kāśīṃ mahāpātakaghātukām
বৃহস্পতির বাক্য শ্রবণ করে সহস্রনয়ন শচীপতি ইন্দ্র তৎক্ষণাৎ কাশীতে ধাবিত হলেন—যে কাশী মহাপাপও বিনাশ করে।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, the thousand-eyed, hastens toward Kāśī after hearing Bṛhaspati’s counsel; the city’s ghāṭas and spires appear as a luminous refuge against great sin.
FAQs
Turning toward Kāśī and its dharmic sanctity is portrayed as a powerful remedy even for grave karmic burdens.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a sin-destroying sacred kṣetra; the specific tīrtha is developed in the subsequent verses.
No explicit rite here; the emphasis is on swiftly going to Kāśī under a guru’s (Bṛhaspati’s) guidance.