Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
क्षेत्रं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य राजसूयफलं लभेत् । तत्र श्राद्धप्रदातुश्च मुच्यंते प्रपितामहाः
kṣetraṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet | tatra śrāddhapradātuśca mucyaṃte prapitāmahāḥ
Dengan mengelilingi (pradakṣiṇā) wilayah suci itu, seseorang memperoleh buah pahala yajña Rājasūya. Dan bagi yang mempersembahkan śrāddha di sana, para leluhur hingga buyut pun dibebaskan dari ikatan.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta Kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A devotee performs a full circumambulation of Kāśī’s sacred boundary, passing ghats, shrines, and banyan trees; later, a śrāddha rite is offered with piṇḍa and water-libations, while subtle ancestral figures are shown being uplifted.
FAQs
Pilgrimage acts in Kāśī—especially pradakṣiṇā and śrāddha—carry extraordinary merit and benefit one’s lineage.
The Avimukta sacred region of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a whole, approached through kṣetra-pradakṣiṇā and śrāddha.
Kṣetra-pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation of the holy area) and performing śrāddha (ancestral offerings) there.