धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां यद्यत्रास्ति मनोरथः । तदा वाराणसीं याहि याहि त्रैलोक्यपावनीम्
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yadyatrāsti manorathaḥ | tadā vārāṇasīṃ yāhi yāhi trailokyapāvanīm
Si, où que ce soit, tu portes un désir de dharma, d’artha, de kāma ou de mokṣa, alors va à Vārāṇasī ; va vers celle qui purifie les trois mondes.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A seeker stands at a Kāśī ghāṭ holding a staff and water-pot, four symbolic paths (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa) converge into a single luminous road leading to Viśveśvara’s shrine; the city glows as ‘trilokya-pāvanī’.
Vārāṇasī is upheld as a complete sacred destination supporting all four human goals, culminating in mokṣa.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), praised as “trailokya-pāvanī.”
A direct prescription of pilgrimage: to go to Vārāṇasī.