Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
यदाहुः परमं तत्त्वं यदाहुर्ब्रह्मसत्तमम् । स्वसंवेद्यं यदाहुश्च तत्तत्रांते दिशाम्यहम्
yadāhuḥ paramaṃ tattvaṃ yadāhurbrahmasattamam | svasaṃvedyaṃ yadāhuśca tattatrāṃte diśāmyaham
ज्याला ते परम तत्त्व म्हणतात, ज्याला सर्वोच्च ब्रह्म म्हणतात, आणि जे स्वसंवेद्य—स्वतःच अनुभूतीस येणारे—असे सांगतात, ते मी तेथे अंतिम परिपाकात प्रकट करतो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (culmination point of realization)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative frame
Scene: A contemplative scene in Kāśī: a sage seated near a shrine/ghāṭ, the city’s sacred skyline behind, with an inner light symbolizing self-revealing Brahman.
FAQs
The highest truth is not merely conceptual; it is self-evident realization, and Kāśī is praised as the place where it is disclosed.
Kāśī is implied as the sacred locus where the supreme truth is revealed, though no single tīrtha-name is stated in this verse.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on jñāna—direct inner realization of Brahman.