Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
पुरः पुरारेः कायार्थमनिवेद्येह तिष्ठतः । यत्पापं भावि मे तस्य काशीपापस्यनिष्कृतिः
puraḥ purāreḥ kāyārthamanivedyeha tiṣṭhataḥ | yatpāpaṃ bhāvi me tasya kāśīpāpasyaniṣkṛtiḥ
If, while staying here, I fail to report the matter of the task in the very presence of Purāri (Śiva), then whatever sin may arise for me from that—Kāśī itself will be the expiation for that sin.
Mārtaṇḍa (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee stands near a Śiva shrine in Kāśī, anxious about failing to report a task; the city itself is envisioned as a protective, purifying mantle.
FAQs
Kāśī is extolled as uniquely purifying—capable of dissolving even the sin born from failure and fear—while still affirming the ideal of honest reporting to the Lord.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī itself is praised as a kṣetra of niṣkṛti (expiation).
No specific rite is detailed; the doctrine stated is that residence in Kāśī functions as a powerful means of expiation.