Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
स्मरिष्यंतीह ये काशीमवश्यं तेपि साधवः । तेप्यघौघ विनिर्मुक्ता यास्यंति गतिमुत्तमाम्
smariṣyaṃtīha ye kāśīmavaśyaṃ tepi sādhavaḥ | tepyaghaugha vinirmuktā yāsyaṃti gatimuttamām
Selbst jene, die, während sie hier leben, Kāśī gewiss im Herzen erinnern, auch sie werden wahrhaft tugendhaft. Von Strömen der Sünde befreit, gelangen sie zum höchsten Zustand.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim-resident in Kāśī sits near the Gaṅgā, eyes closed in remembrance of the city and Viśveśvara; dark streams symbolizing sins dissolve into light rising toward a radiant, tranquil liberation-state.
FAQs
Remembrance of Kāśī itself becomes a purifier, turning one toward virtue and culminating in the supreme spiritual goal.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), understood within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa as the Avimukta-kṣetra of Śiva.
No external rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on smaraṇa (remembering Kāśī) as spiritually efficacious.