Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिः संसाराध्वनि कर्हिचित् । काशीकोशोयमतुलो न प्रकाश्यो यतस्ततः
na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ saṃsārādhvani karhicit | kāśīkośoyamatulo na prakāśyo yatastataḥ
അവന് സംസാരപഥത്തിലേക്ക് ഇനി ഒരിക്കലും പുനരാവർത്തനം ഇല്ല. ഈ അതുല ‘കാശീ-കോശം’ എല്ലായിടത്തും എല്ലാവർക്കും വെളിപ്പെടുത്തേണ്ടതല്ല.
Śiva (implied, within Skanda’s narration of Kāśī-māhātmya teachings)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (Devī)
Scene: A solemn teaching scene in Kāśī: the ‘treasure of Kāśī’ symbolized as a sealed palm-leaf bundle or radiant jewel, with the Ganga and ghats in the background; the teacher gestures to secrecy and liberation beyond saṃsāra.
FAQs
True realization of Kāśī’s sacred secret leads to liberation—no return to saṃsāra.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated as a unique liberating kṣetra.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes guarded transmission of a sacred secret (rahasya).