Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
अणुप्रमाणमपि या मध्ये काशिविकासिनी । मही महीयसी ज्ञेया सा सिद्ध्यै न मुधा क्वचित्
aṇupramāṇamapi yā madhye kāśivikāsinī | mahī mahīyasī jñeyā sā siddhyai na mudhā kvacit
Fût-il de la taille d’un atome, ce lieu qui resplendit au cœur de Kāśī doit être connu comme plus grand que la terre elle-même ; il mène à l’accomplissement et n’est jamais vain.
Agastya (deduced; addressing Skanda)
Tirtha: Kāśī’s inner luminous locus (contextually Jñānavāpī area)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śikhiratha (contextual) and general audience
Scene: A tiny luminous point in the heart of Kāśī expands in symbolic scale to overshadow the earth—visual paradox showing that the smallest sacred spot grants siddhi and is never futile.
FAQs
In Kāśī, even the smallest sacred locus is immensely potent and yields real spiritual accomplishment.
Kāśī’s inner sacred region (a radiant locus ‘in the midst of Kāśī’), indicating the extraordinary potency of its core space.
No particular ritual is named; the teaching stresses the inherent efficacy of the place for siddhi.