महापापौघशमनीं पुण्योपचयकारिणीम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदामंते को न काशीं सुधीः श्रयेत्
mahāpāpaughaśamanīṃ puṇyopacayakāriṇīm | bhuktimuktipradāmaṃte ko na kāśīṃ sudhīḥ śrayet
នាងដែលបំបាត់លំហូរបាបធំៗ បង្កើនសមុទ្របុណ្យ និងប្រទានទាំងសុខលោកិយ និងមោក្ខៈនៅទីបញ្ចប់—អ្នកប្រាជ្ញណាមិនសុំជ្រកកោនកាសី?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (frame tradition)
Scene: A panoramic Kāśī: Gaṅgā flowing by stepped ghāṭas, pilgrims bathing, bells and lamps, with Viśveśvara’s golden spire rising; the city depicted as a luminous refuge that dissolves sin and bestows liberation.
Kāśī is praised as a complete spiritual refuge: it purifies sin, multiplies merit, supports righteous worldly life, and culminates in liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially as the Avimukta/Viśveśvara-centered sacred realm.
A general call to ‘śraya’—to seek refuge in Kāśī (pilgrimage/residence/worship implied, not a single specified rite).