Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
व्यास उवाच । निशामय महाप्राज्ञ लोमहर्षण वच्मि ते । यथा प्रथमतो यात्रा कर्तव्या यात्रिकैर्मुदा
vyāsa uvāca | niśāmaya mahāprājña lomaharṣaṇa vacmi te | yathā prathamato yātrā kartavyā yātrikairmudā
ព្រះវ្យាសមានព្រះវាចា៖ សូមស្តាប់ ឱ លោមហರ್ಷណៈ អ្នកប្រាជ្ញដ៏មហា; ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រាប់អ្នកថា តាំងពីដើមដំបូង អ្នកធម្មយាត្រាគួរធ្វើយាត្រាដោយអំណរ។
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Kāśī-yātrā (parikramā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: Vyāsa addressing Lomaharṣaṇa, hand raised in teaching gesture; in the background, pilgrims assembling with staffs and water pots at dawn, ready to begin the circuit with joy.
FAQs
Right practice begins with attentive listening and correct method; pilgrimage is to be undertaken with gladness and reverence.
No single site yet; this is the formal preface to the Kāśī yātrā sequence.
Begin the yātrā in the proper order (‘prathamataḥ’) as taught by tradition.