Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
संभ्रमो विभ्रमश्चोभौ कथं तदनुगामिनौ । विभ्रांतिकारिणौ क्षेत्रवैरिणां सर्वदा नृणाम्
saṃbhramo vibhramaścobhau kathaṃ tadanugāminau | vibhrāṃtikāriṇau kṣetravairiṇāṃ sarvadā nṛṇām
Und wie sind Saṃbhrama und Vibhrama—beide—seine Begleiter geworden? Wie bleiben sie stets Verwirrer, die bei den Menschen, welche dem heiligen Kṣetra, Kāśī, feind sind, immerdar Verblendung stiften?
Agastya (questioning Skanda, implied by context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Inquiry about two attendants named Saṃbhrama and Vibhrama who perpetually delude those hostile to the sacred field, acting as agents of confusion.
FAQs
Opposition to a sacred kṣetra is depicted as spiritually self-destructive, attracting delusion and confusion rather than clarity.
The ‘kṣetra’ refers to Kāśī as a sanctified field whose sanctity is defended at the level of cosmic moral order.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse warns ethically against enmity toward the holy kṣetra.