Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
विश्वेशितुः परेधाम्नि सीम्नि स्वर्गापवर्गयोः । स्वर्धुनी लोलकल्लोला नित्यक्षालित भूतले
viśveśituḥ paredhāmni sīmni svargāpavargayoḥ | svardhunī lolakallolā nityakṣālita bhūtale
In the supreme abode of Viśveśvara, on the very boundary between heaven and liberation, the earth is ever washed by the heavenly river, whose waves play restlessly.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Svargadvārā/Avimukta riverfront implied)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A panoramic Kāśī riverscape: Viśveśvara’s ‘supreme abode’ suggested by a radiant temple spire; Gaṅgā’s playful waves (lola-kallolā) wash the ghats; above, a subtle threshold line between ‘svarga’ and ‘apavarga’ depicted as two luminous realms meeting over the city.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a liminal, supremely sacred zone where the soul turns from heavenly merit toward liberation.
Kāśī under Viśveśvara’s lordship, sanctified by the Gaṅgā (Svardhunī).
No explicit rite; the imagery supports the theology of purification through proximity to Gaṅgā and Viśveśvara in Kāśī.