Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
इमां यात्रां नरः कृत्वा न भूयोप्यभिजायते । अन्या यात्रा प्रकर्तव्यैका दशायतनोद्भवा
imāṃ yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā na bhūyopyabhijāyate | anyā yātrā prakartavyaikā daśāyatanodbhavā
Sesiapa yang menunaikan ziarah suci ini tidak akan lahir lagi. Dan ada pula satu ziarah lain yang patut dilakukan, yang bersumber daripada sepuluh āyatana—kediaman suci.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-yātrā (ten-āyatana-based circuit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Kāśī receives instruction for a liberation-yātrā; the city’s ghāṭs and clustered shrines suggest a mapped circuit of sacred abodes.
FAQs
A properly performed Kāśī-yātrā is portrayed as liberating—cutting the cycle of rebirth.
Kāśī as a whole, with a lead-in to a structured circuit connected to ten sacred abodes (daśāyatana).
To perform the stated yātrā, and additionally to undertake a second yātrā associated with the ten āyatanas.