Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
स्वयंवेद्यः परं ज्योतिः सर्वस्य हृदि संस्थितः । योगिगम्यस्त्वनाख्येयो यः प्रमाणैकगोचरः
svayaṃvedyaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvasya hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ | yogigamyastvanākhyeyo yaḥ pramāṇaikagocaraḥ
ते परम ज्योती स्वयंवेद्य आहे, सर्वांच्या हृदयात स्थित आहे. ते योगींना गम्य आहे; तरीही अनाख्येय—केवळ प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाणानेच जाणण्याजोगे आहे.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / internal Kāśī audience
Scene: A yogin seated near a Kāśī shrine; within his chest a radiant lotus-light, mirrored by a temple lamp—outer and inner light unified.
FAQs
The Divine is not merely distant; it shines within the heart and is realized through yogic inwardness and direct experience.
No site is named; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, the verse complements Kāśī’s fame as a mokṣa-kṣetra by emphasizing inner realization.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse points toward yogic practice and contemplative realization.