Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
अन्यैव काचित्सा सृष्टिर्विधातुर्याऽतिरेकिणी । न तत्क्षेत्रगुणान्वक्तुमीश्वरोऽपीश्वरो यतः
anyaiva kācitsā sṛṣṭirvidhāturyā'tirekiṇī | na tatkṣetraguṇānvaktumīśvaro'pīśvaro yataḥ
That (Kāśī) is a creation of a different order, surpassing even the Creator’s making; for the qualities of that sacred kṣetra cannot be fully spoken of—since Śiva, Lord of lords, is its source and presiding power.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic vision of Kāśī as a luminous kṣetra emanating from Śiva: the city floating like a mandala above the Gaṅgā, with Viśveśvara’s liṅga at the center and sages unable to finish praising it.
FAQs
Kāśī’s holiness is depicted as transcendent and ultimately beyond complete description, grounded in Śiva’s supremacy.
Kāśī/Avimukta, praised as a uniquely divine kṣetra.
None; this is a theological exaltation of the kṣetra’s incomparable nature.