Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं ततो मत्वा स विघ्नजित् । विधाय बहुधात्मानं काश्यां स्थितिमवाप च
kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ tato matvā sa vighnajit | vidhāya bahudhātmānaṃ kāśyāṃ sthitimavāpa ca
Kemudian Vighnajit menganggap dirinya telah menuntaskan maksudnya. Ia menampakkan diri dalam banyak wujud dan menetap mengambil kedudukan abadi di Kāśī.
Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Vighnajit stands at a Kāśī crossroads and multiplies into many identical forms spreading through lanes, ghats, and palace corridors, as if occupying the city’s very breath.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a divinely inhabited realm where sacred powers establish enduring presence for the world’s welfare.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) itself is foregrounded as the holy locus.
None directly; it explains the theological basis for Kāśī’s sanctity—divine residence.