Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
ब्रह्महा योऽभिगच्छेद्वै दैवाद्वाराणसीं पुरीम् । तस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्याद्ब्रह्महत्या निवर्तते
brahmahā yo'bhigacchedvai daivādvārāṇasīṃ purīm | tasya kṣetrasya māhātmyādbrahmahatyā nivartate
जो ब्राह्मणहंता जरी दैवयोगाने वाराणसी पुरीस येऊन पोहोचला, तरी त्या क्षेत्राच्या माहात्म्याने त्याची ब्रह्महत्या-पाप निवृत्त होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta / Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A remorseful brahmahā approaches the ghāṭs of Kāśī at dawn; the city’s spires and smoke of lamps rise; Viśveśvara’s presence is felt as a dark-blue liṅga radiating calm; the ‘sin’ personified retreats backward from the kṣetra boundary.
FAQs
Kāśī’s kṣetra-māhātmya is portrayed as so potent that even grave sin can be nullified upon coming there.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī/Avimukta).
Arrival/approach to Vārāṇasī is emphasized as the turning point; no separate rite is specified in this verse.