Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
सर्वत्रशुभजन्मिन्यां काश्यां मुक्तिः पदेपदे । तथापि सविशेषं हि तत्पीठं सर्वसिद्धिकृत्
sarvatraśubhajanminyāṃ kāśyāṃ muktiḥ padepade | tathāpi saviśeṣaṃ hi tatpīṭhaṃ sarvasiddhikṛt
सर्वत्र शुभजन्मिनी काशीमध्ये पावलोपावली मुक्ती आहे; तरीही ते विशेष पीठ अत्यंत विलक्षण आहे, कारण ते सर्व सिद्धी देणारे आहे।
Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) with the ‘special pīṭha’ (context: Pañcamudrā-pīṭha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Not explicit in the excerpt
Scene: A panoramic Kāśī cityscape where every lane glows with auspicious light; within it, one radiant pīṭha shines brighter, drawing pilgrims like a magnet of siddhi.
FAQs
Kāśī is intrinsically liberating, yet certain pīṭhas within it are described as concentrated sources of grace and siddhi.
Kāśī in general, and a specific pīṭha (contextually the Pañcamudrā seat) as uniquely “sarva-siddhi-kṛt.”
Implied pīṭha-sevā (service/visitation of the sacred seat), though no detailed rite is specified in this verse.