Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
यत्क्षेत्ररजसोप्यग्रे त्रिलोक्यपि तृणायते । तस्याखिलस्य महिमा विष्वक्केनावगम्यते
yatkṣetrarajasopyagre trilokyapi tṛṇāyate | tasyākhilasya mahimā viṣvakkenāvagamyate
ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെ ധൂളിയുടെ ഒരു കണിക പോലും ത്രിലോകത്തെയും തൃണമെന്നപോലെ ആക്കുന്നു. സർവ്വവ്യാപിനിയായ കാശിയുടെ അപാര മഹിമയെ ആര് പൂർണ്ണമായി ഗ്രഹിക്കുമോ?
Narrative voice (context: Devī–Śiva dialogue in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim lifts a pinch of Kāśī’s dust; behind him the three worlds appear as tiny, straw-like insignificance, while the luminous kṣetra radiates around Viśvanātha’s spire and Gaṅgā’s curve.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is portrayed as incomparable—so exalted that ordinary cosmic measures cannot capture its spiritual value.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised as a supreme kṣetra whose very dust grants extraordinary merit.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the inherent sanctity of the kṣetra (even its dust).