तस्यां तिथौ महायात्रा कार्या क्षेत्रनिवासिभिः । उपसर्ग प्रशांत्यर्थं निर्वाणकमलाप्तये
tasyāṃ tithau mahāyātrā kāryā kṣetranivāsibhiḥ | upasarga praśāṃtyarthaṃ nirvāṇakamalāptaye
उस पावन तिथि में काशी-क्षेत्र के निवासियों को महायात्रा करनी चाहिए, ताकि उपद्रव शांत हों और निर्वाण-रूपी कमल की प्राप्ति हो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A great Kāśī procession on an auspicious tithi: devotees moving through lanes toward ghāṭs and shrines, carrying lamps and banners; priests chanting; the city’s sacred skyline with temples and the Gaṅgā in the background.
Collective sacred pilgrimage in Kāśī is presented as a dharmic remedy that both calms worldly afflictions and leads the seeker toward liberation.
Kāśī as the kṣetra (the sacred field of Vārāṇasī), where pilgrimage itself is praised as a mokṣa-oriented practice.
Performing a mahāyātrā (major pilgrimage/procession) on a specified tithi for upasarga-śānti (pacification of troubles) and mokṣa.