Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
किं किमाचरता स्कंद काशी प्राप्येत तद्वद । मन्ये विना सदाचारं न सिद्ध्येयुर्मनोरथाः
kiṃ kimācaratā skaṃda kāśī prāpyeta tadvada | manye vinā sadācāraṃ na siddhyeyurmanorathāḥ
O Skanda, sage mir: Durch welches Verhalten und welche Übungen erlangt man wahrhaft Kāśī? Ich meine, ohne rechtes Verhalten (sadācāra) werden die Herzenswünsche nicht erfüllt.
Agastya (deduced; questioning Skanda)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: A sincere seeker questions Skanda about the precise conduct and disciplines by which one truly ‘attains’ Kāśī, asserting that without sadācāra desires cannot succeed.
FAQs
Sacred places bear fruit when approached with inner discipline—sadācāra is presented as the key that makes spiritual aspirations succeed.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), approached not merely geographically but through dharmic readiness.
The verse emphasizes sadācāra (right conduct) rather than a specific rite, framing ethics as the primary ‘practice’ for a fruitful Kāśī connection.