Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
देव्युवाच । यानि यानि हि तीर्थानि यत्रयत्र महेश्वर । तानि तानीह मे काश्यां तत्रतत्र वद प्रभो
devyuvāca | yāni yāni hi tīrthāni yatrayatra maheśvara | tāni tānīha me kāśyāṃ tatratatra vada prabho
La Déesse dit : «Ô Maheśvara, quels que soient les tīrtha existant en quelque lieu que ce soit, dis-moi, Seigneur, comment ces mêmes tīrtha sont ici, dans ma Kāśī, en chaque endroit correspondant.»
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) as sarva-tīrtha-mayī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (frame listener)
Scene: Devī questions Maheśvara: ‘Wherever tīrthas exist, show me how they are present here in Kāśī.’ The scene suggests a sacred cartography—Śiva indicating points on an imagined map of Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a sacred microcosm where the merits of many tīrthas are accessible—revealing the theological idea of tīrtha-convergence.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the locus where other tīrthas are said to be mirrored or present.
No specific rite; it requests a sacred-geographical mapping that guides pilgrimage and worship.