Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
सापदं संपदं ज्ञात्वा सापायं कायमुच्चकैः । चपला चपलं चायुर्मत्वा काशीं समाश्रयेत्
sāpadaṃ saṃpadaṃ jñātvā sāpāyaṃ kāyamuccakaiḥ | capalā capalaṃ cāyurmatvā kāśīṃ samāśrayet
Dengan mengetahui bahawa kemakmuran disertai bahaya dan tubuh ini penuh mara; menyedari bahawa tuah itu tidak tetap dan usia juga tidak tetap—hendaklah seseorang berlindung pada Kāśī.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, a wealthy house with looming dangers (storm, illness); on the other, the pilgrim steps onto Kāśī’s ghāṭa, taking refuge under Śiva’s protective presence.
FAQs
Because worldly security is unstable, one should seek the stable refuge of the liberating kṣetra—Kāśī.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly recommended as a refuge.
No specific rite; the prescription is an existential one—“samāśrayet,” to resort to/dwell in Kāśī.