Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
इत्थं मांदारदामिः स नित्यं परिमलालयः । काश्यां त्रिविष्टपं द्रष्टुं समागच्छेत्प्रयत्नवान्
itthaṃ māṃdāradāmiḥ sa nityaṃ parimalālayaḥ | kāśyāṃ triviṣṭapaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgacchetprayatnavān
अशा रीतीने मांदारदामि याचा पुत्र परिमलालय नित्य प्रयत्नशील होऊन काशीस येई—तेथे ‘त्रिविष्टप’ (स्वर्ग) पाहण्याच्या इच्छेने।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as Triviṣṭapa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A determined pilgrim (Parimalālaya), son of Mandāradāma, walking toward Kāśī’s ghats with staff and waterpot; above the city, a subtle celestial overlay suggests ‘Triviṣṭapa’ perceived within Kāśī.
FAQs
Earnest effort in pilgrimage and worship makes Kāśī itself a foretaste of heaven and a gateway to higher merit.
Kāśī is praised as a place where one can ‘see heaven’ through its extraordinary sacred power.
Not a fixed ritual; it highlights intentional pilgrimage (prayatna) to Kāśī for darśana and worship.