Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170
काश्यां सुखेन कैवल्यं यथालभ्येत जंतुभिः । योगयुक्त्याद्युपायैश्च न तथान्यत्र कुत्रचित्
kāśyāṃ sukhena kaivalyaṃ yathālabhyeta jaṃtubhiḥ | yogayuktyādyupāyaiśca na tathānyatra kutracit
काशीत प्राणी सुखाने कैवल्य (मोक्ष) प्राप्त करतात—योगयुक्ती इत्यादी उपायांनी—जे अन्यत्र कुठेही तसे होत नाही।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A serene panorama of Kāśī: Viśveśvara’s presence felt over the ghats; yogins meditate, and the city itself appears as a luminous mandala granting kaivalya.
FAQs
It proclaims Kāśī as uniquely conducive to liberation, affirming the purāṇic doctrine of sacred geography and grace.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) itself is directly glorified as a supreme mokṣa-kṣetra.
The verse broadly recommends yoga-based means (upāyas) rather than naming a specific vrata or snāna.