Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
त्रिसंध्यं परिशुद्धात्मा काशीं प्राप्स्यति दुर्लभाम् । अनेन स्तोत्रयुग्मेन जप्तेन प्रत्यहं नृभिः
trisaṃdhyaṃ pariśuddhātmā kāśīṃ prāpsyati durlabhām | anena stotrayugmena japtena pratyahaṃ nṛbhiḥ
By chanting this pair of hymns every day, and performing the practice at the three sandhyās, a person of purified mind attains the hard-to-obtain Kāśī.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Triptych-like scene: the same devotee recites at three sandhyās—pink dawn by a riverbank, bright midday in a shaded courtyard, and golden dusk with lamps—each panel subtly overlayed with Kāśī’s ghāṭas, indicating ‘attainment’ through rhythm and purity.
FAQs
Discipline in daily worship (especially at the three sandhyās) leads to inner purity and access to sacred destiny.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as ‘durlabhā’—rare to attain.
Chanting the ‘stotra-yugma’ daily, aligned with tri-sandhyā practice.