Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
उपपातकिनो ये च महापातकिनश्च ये । तेपि काशीं समासाद्य भविष्यंति गतैनसः
upapātakino ye ca mahāpātakinaśca ye | tepi kāśīṃ samāsādya bhaviṣyaṃti gatainasaḥ
Bahkan mereka yang bersalah dengan dosa kecil dan mereka yang bersalah dengan dosa besar—apabila sampai ke Kāśī, mereka juga menjadi bebas daripada noda dosa.
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims of all kinds—some burdened, some penitent—enter Kāśī’s sacred boundary; their dark karmic stains lift like smoke; the Ganga glows, and temple bells mark a new beginning.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as exceptionally purifying—divine grace tied to sacred geography can cleanse even grave wrongdoing.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), revered as a sin-destroying kṣetra in the Skanda Purāṇa.
The act emphasized is pilgrimage—‘reaching Kāśī’ (samāsādya); no specific dāna/snān/japa is stated in this verse.