Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
तां गुहां प्रविशेद्यो वै न स गर्भे विशेत्क्वचित् । तत्र यज्ञोदकूपोस्ति वाजिमेधफलप्रदः
tāṃ guhāṃ praviśedyo vai na sa garbhe viśetkvacit | tatra yajñodakūposti vājimedhaphalapradaḥ
その洞窟に入る者は、まことにいかなる所でも再び胎内に入ることがない。そこにはヤジュニョダーと名づく井戸があり、アシュヴァメーダ祭の果報を授ける。
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kapileśvara-guhā; Yajñoda-kūpa
Type: cave
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: Pilgrims with lamps and folded hands enter a sacred cave near a Śiva shrine; beside it, a stone-lined well labeled Yajñoda, with priests drawing water for blessings.
FAQs
Certain Kāśī-sthalas are proclaimed as direct gateways to release from rebirth, equated with the highest Vedic sacrifices.
The cave near Kapileśvara and the Yajñoda well located there.
Entering the cave is praised as spiritually transformative; the well is extolled for granting Aśvamedha-like merit (implying reverent visitation and water-ritual use).