Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 116
अलभ्यलाभो देवस्य जातोत्र हि यतः परः । ततः काशी प्रवेशाख्यं जप्यमाख्यानमुत्तमम्
alabhyalābho devasya jātotra hi yataḥ paraḥ | tataḥ kāśī praveśākhyaṃ japyamākhyānamuttamam
Puesto que, desde ese momento, el Señor alcanzó aquí lo que de otro modo es inalcanzable, por ello este relato sagrado supremo—llamado «Entrada en Kāśī»—debe recitarse como japa, repetición devocional.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī-praveśa (Entering Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim/reader; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame, Agastya is the principal listener in the ensuing section
Scene: A pilgrim at the threshold of Kāśī recites a palm-leaf text titled ‘Kāśī-praveśa’; above, Śiva’s presence is suggested as a luminous, moon-crested form blessing the act of recitation; the city’s ghāṭs and spires appear in the distance as a sacred horizon.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a uniquely salvific sacred realm where even the “unattainable” becomes attainable through devotion and remembrance.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised through the theme of “Kāśī-praveśa” (entering the holy city).
The narrative titled “Kāśī-praveśa” is prescribed to be recited repeatedly as japa (devotional repetition).