Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
काश्यां रुद्रस्थली सा तु पठ्यते वेदवादिभिः । रुद्रस्थल्यां मृता ये वै कृमिकीटपतंगकाः
kāśyāṃ rudrasthalī sā tu paṭhyate vedavādibhiḥ | rudrasthalyāṃ mṛtā ye vai kṛmikīṭapataṃgakāḥ
À Kāśī, ce lieu est célébré par les interprètes des Veda sous le nom de «Rudrasthalī». En vérité, même les vers, les insectes et les papillons de nuit qui meurent à Rudrasthalī…
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Rudrasthalī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Not stated in the provided excerpt
Scene: Sages proclaim the fame of Rudrasthalī; the scene shifts to tiny creatures—worms and moths—passing away within the sacred boundary, bathed in a gentle Rudra-light that suggests liberation rather than fear.
FAQs
The sanctity of Kāśī is depicted as so great that even the lowest forms of life benefit from contact with its sacred ground.
Rudrasthalī in Kāśī.
No explicit ritual; the verse begins a teaching on the salvific power of dying within Rudrasthalī.