Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
तां गुहां प्रविशेद्यो वै न स गर्भे विशेत्क्वचित् । तत्र यज्ञोदकूपोस्ति वाजिमेधफलप्रदः
tāṃ guhāṃ praviśedyo vai na sa garbhe viśetkvacit | tatra yajñodakūposti vājimedhaphalapradaḥ
Whoever enters that cave will never again enter a womb anywhere. There is a well there called Yajñodā, bestowing the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kapileśvara-guhā; Yajñoda-kūpa
Type: cave
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: Pilgrims with lamps and folded hands enter a sacred cave near a Śiva shrine; beside it, a stone-lined well labeled Yajñoda, with priests drawing water for blessings.
FAQs
Certain Kāśī-sthalas are proclaimed as direct gateways to release from rebirth, equated with the highest Vedic sacrifices.
The cave near Kapileśvara and the Yajñoda well located there.
Entering the cave is praised as spiritually transformative; the well is extolled for granting Aśvamedha-like merit (implying reverent visitation and water-ritual use).