Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
काशीप्राप्त्या भवेज्ज्ञानं ज्ञानान्निर्वाणमृच्छति । निर्वाणार्थं प्रयत्नो हि सदाचारस्य धीमताम्
kāśīprāptyā bhavejjñānaṃ jñānānnirvāṇamṛcchati | nirvāṇārthaṃ prayatno hi sadācārasya dhīmatām
काशी की प्राप्ति से ज्ञान उत्पन्न होता है; ज्ञान से निर्वाण की प्राप्ति होती है। इसलिए मोक्ष के लिए बुद्धिमान जन सदाचार में ही प्रयत्न करते हैं।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A sage-like pilgrim on the ghats of Kāśī receives a ray of insight; the city’s temples and the Ganga form a luminous mandala, symbolizing knowledge ripening into nirvāṇa.
FAQs
Kāśī is praised as a field that awakens liberating knowledge; ethical conduct is the practical means toward that liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a direct cause of jñāna and nirvāṇa.
The prescription is ethical: cultivate sadācāra as sustained effort aimed at liberation.