Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
काशी निर्वाणनगरी येषां चित्ते प्रकाशते । ते मत्पुरः प्रकाशंते नैःश्रेयस्या श्रिया वृताः
kāśī nirvāṇanagarī yeṣāṃ citte prakāśate | te matpuraḥ prakāśaṃte naiḥśreyasyā śriyā vṛtāḥ
Diejenigen, in deren Herzen Kāśī, die Stadt des Nirvāṇa, erstrahlt, die erstrahlen in meiner eigenen Wohnstatt, umhüllt vom Glanz des höchsten Heils.
Śiva (as Maheśāna), in Skanda Purāṇa Kāśīkhaṇḍa context
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dwijas/Brāhmaṇas (addressed in nearby verses)
Scene: A devotee’s heart-lotus illumined with the skyline of Kāśī—ghāṭas, Gaṅgā, and Viśvanātha—while Śiva’s radiant abode mirrors that inner city; figures shine with niḥśreyasa-śrī.
FAQs
Let Kāśī’s liberating reality shine in the heart; such inner orientation leads to the radiance of Śiva’s abode and the highest good (mokṣa).
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised as the ‘City of Nirvāṇa’ within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on inner contemplation/realization of Kāśī’s liberating nature.