Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
कल्पे कल्पे सृजामीश त्वन्नियोगबलाद्विभो । त्यज मायामिमां देव दुस्तरामकृतात्मभिः
kalpe kalpe sṛjāmīśa tvanniyogabalādvibho | tyaja māyāmimāṃ deva dustarāmakṛtātmabhiḥ
“Wahai Īśa, pada setiap kalpa aku mencipta, wahai Yang Maha Meliputi, dengan kekuatan titah-Mu. Tinggalkanlah māyā ini, wahai Dewa—sukar diseberangi oleh mereka yang belum menundukkan diri.”
Brahmā
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic creator acknowledges he creates each kalpa by the Lord’s command and begs the Lord to withdraw the veiling māyā that the unmastered cannot cross; mood is austere and liberation-oriented.
FAQs
Creation operates under the Supreme Lord’s will; māyā is overcome not by status but by inner discipline and divine grace.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī, but this verse itself is a metaphysical statement rather than a site-description.
No explicit rite; the implied practice is self-mastery and devotion as the means to cross māyā.