Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
पयोपि यत्रत्यमचिंत्यवैभवं दिविस्थिता साधुसुधाप्यतोमुधा । तथा प्रसूतेस्तु पयोधरे पयो न पीयते पीतमिदं यदि क्वचित्
payopi yatratyamaciṃtyavaibhavaṃ divisthitā sādhusudhāpyatomudhā | tathā prasūtestu payodhare payo na pīyate pītamidaṃ yadi kvacit
Aun la ‘leche’ que allí se halla posee una grandeza inconcebible; por eso, el néctar del cielo, en comparación, resulta de poco valor. Del mismo modo, la leche del pecho de una madre nodriza no se bebe una vez probado esto—si es que alguna vez llega a probarse.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic scene: a luminous stream of ‘milk-like’ spiritual radiance flowing through Kāśī’s ghats; devas in the sky hold amṛta vessels that appear dim; a mother’s breast-milk metaphor appears as a gentle vignette showing ‘after tasting the higher, the lower is not sought’.
FAQs
The spiritual ‘taste’ of Kāśī surpasses even heavenly delights; worldly and celestial pleasures pale after it.
Kāśī as the supreme sacred realm whose joy eclipses svarga’s nectar.
None; the verse offers a praise-metaphor to communicate Kāśī’s unsurpassed spiritual excellence.