Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यं सत्यपूर्वं पुनःपुनः । न काशी सदृशी मुक्त्यै भूमिरन्या महीतले
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ satyapūrvaṃ punaḥpunaḥ | na kāśī sadṛśī muktyai bhūmiranyā mahītale
सत्य है, सत्य है, फिर सत्य है—और सत्य को ही पहले रखकर बार-बार कहता हूँ: पृथ्वी पर मुक्ति के लिए काशी के समान कोई दूसरी भूमि नहीं।
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage or narrator raises a hand in oath while Kāśī appears as a mandala-like sacred city; the repeated ‘satyaṃ’ is visualized as concentric rings of light emanating from Viśveśvara over the earth-map, marking Kāśī as singular.
FAQs
Kāśī is proclaimed as the unmatched mokṣa-kṣetra—no other place equals it for liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
None; the verse is a categorical praise (mahatmya) of Kāśī’s power to grant mokṣa.