Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
जरया परिभूता ये ये व्याधिविकलीकृताः । येषां क्वापि गतिर्नास्ति तेषां वाराणसी गतिः
jarayā paribhūtā ye ye vyādhivikalīkṛtāḥ | yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ
जो जरा से दबे हुए हों, जो रोग से दुर्बल और विकल हो गए हों, जिनकी कहीं भी गति नहीं—उनके लिए वाराणसी ही शरण है।
Unspecified in snippet (quoted saying; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame tradition: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Story interlocutor and Purāṇic audience
Scene: An elderly, bent pilgrim supported by a companion approaches the Ganga steps; a sick person rests near a shrine as bells ring—Kāśī appears as gentle, accepting refuge.
FAQs
Physical decline is met with sacred refuge: Kāśī is praised as a compassionate destination for those in suffering.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).
None explicitly; the implied practice is seeking Kāśī’s sacred protection through residence or pilgrimage.