Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
उपकर्तुरगस्त्यस्य जातमेतन्निदर्शनम् । क्व तादृक्काशिजं दुःखं क्व तादृक्श्रीमुखेक्षणम्
upakarturagastyasya jātametannidarśanam | kva tādṛkkāśijaṃ duḥkhaṃ kva tādṛkśrīmukhekṣaṇam
ഉപകാരിയായ അഗസ്ത്യനിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഈ ദൃഷ്ടാന്തം ജനിച്ചത്—എവിടെ അത്തരമൊരു കാശീജന്യ ദുഃഖം, എവിടെ ശ്രീയുടെ ദീപ്തമുഖദർശനം!
Pārāśarya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya, the benefactor-sage, stands near a Kāśī ghat; a suffering pilgrim undergoes trial, while a luminous feminine visage (Śrī) appears as a blessing-vision above the river.
FAQs
Selfless help becomes a living proof that suffering can be overturned into divine encounter and blessed vision.
Kāśī is directly referenced (kāśijam), reinforcing the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred-geography frame, though no single ghat or kund is named here.
No rite is prescribed; the verse points to paropakāra (beneficence) as the operative spiritual practice leading to grace.