Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
अहो मतेः सुदौर्बल्यमहोभाग्यस्य दौर्विधम् । अहो मोहस्य माहात्म्यं यत्काशीह न सेव्यते
aho mateḥ sudaurbalyamahobhāgyasya daurvidham | aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ yatkāśīha na sevyate
അയ്യോ! മനസ്സ് എത്ര ദുർബലമാണ്; അയ്യോ! ഭാഗ്യം എത്ര വിപരീതം. അയ്യോ! മോഹത്തിന്റെ മഹിമ എത്ര—ഈ ലോകത്ത് കാശിയെ സേവിച്ച് ഉപാസിക്കപ്പെടുന്നില്ല.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim or sage stands at a Gaṅgā ghāṭa looking toward Kāśī’s temples with yearning, while shadowy figures of ‘Moha’ pull people away toward markets and pleasures; the speaker laments human forgetfulness.
FAQs
Neglecting Kāśī is framed as a symptom of delusion and spiritual misfortune; one should turn toward the liberating kṣetra.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), lamenting that it is not “sevyate” (resorted to/served).
No specific ritual; the practical exhortation is to seek/serve/visit Kāśī.