Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
यस्तु काशीति काशीति द्विस्त्रिर्जपति पुण्यवान् । अपि सर्वपवित्रेभ्यः स पवित्रतरो महान्
yastu kāśīti kāśīti dvistrirjapati puṇyavān | api sarvapavitrebhyaḥ sa pavitrataro mahān
പുണ്യവാൻ ‘കാശി, കാശി’ എന്ന് രണ്ടുമൂന്നുതവണ ജപിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ എല്ലാ പവിത്രകരിലും മേലായി അത്യന്തം മഹാപവിത്രനാകുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue tradition, often Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as nāma-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking purification
Scene: A pilgrim or householder with folded hands softly repeats ‘Kāśī, Kāśī’ as luminous syllables rise like a mantra, with a faint vision of ghāṭs and Viśvanātha’s spire appearing in the aura.
FAQs
Remembrance and repetition of Kāśī’s name itself is a potent purifier, reflecting the site’s extraordinary sanctity.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised such that even its name bestows purity.
Japa/nāma-smaraṇa: repeating “Kāśī, Kāśī” two or three times.