तृतीयो ब्रह्मणः प्रोक्तः सृष्टिसंक्षेपसूचकः । काशीमाहात्म्यसंयुक्तश्चतुर्थः परिपठ्यते
tṛtīyo brahmaṇaḥ proktaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃkṣepasūcakaḥ | kāśīmāhātmyasaṃyuktaścaturthaḥ paripaṭhyate
तिसरा विभाग ब्रह्माचा सांगितला असून तो सृष्टीचा संक्षिप्त निर्देश करतो; चौथा विभाग काशी-माहात्म्ययुक्त म्हणून पठित होतो।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A transition tableau: Brahmā’s lotus-born creation motifs (cosmic waters, lotus, four-faced Brahmā) blending into a cityscape of Kāśī with ghāṭas and the Viśvanātha temple axis—showing ‘cosmos to kṣetra’.
Purāṇas teach both cosmology (creation) and sacred geography; Kāśī is singled out as a major locus of liberative merit.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a dedicated Māhātmya-focused division.
None in this verse; it introduces thematic divisions rather than specific rites.