Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
अगस्त्य उवाच । इत्थं कथयतोरेव रम्यां पुण्यवतीं कथाम् । भगवद्गणयोः प्राप नेत्रातिथ्यं गुरोः पुरी
agastya uvāca | itthaṃ kathayatoreva ramyāṃ puṇyavatīṃ kathām | bhagavadgaṇayoḥ prāpa netrātithyaṃ guroḥ purī
अगस्त्य म्हणाले—ते दोघेही अशी रम्य व पुण्यदायिनी कथा सांगत असतानाच गुरूची पुरी, पवित्र काशी, भगवंताच्या गणांच्या दृष्टीस पडली आणि त्यांच्या नेत्रांना जणू अतिथ्य लाभले।
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Frame audience implied)
Scene: Two divine attendants (gaṇas) traveling with a teacher and companion; the skyline of Kāśī appears—temple spires, ghāṭas, and the Gaṅgā shimmering—framed as ‘feast for the eyes’.
FAQs
Even the mere darśana (sight) of Kāśī is portrayed as spiritually uplifting and merit-giving.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), called “the Guru’s city,” celebrated as supremely auspicious to behold.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the sanctifying power of seeing Kāśī.