Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
काश्यां तु वज्रलेपो हि क्षेत्र एकत्र नश्यति । यातुर्दर्शनतः श्रुत्वा दिलीपो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
kāśyāṃ tu vajralepo hi kṣetra ekatra naśyati | yāturdarśanataḥ śrutvā dilīpo vākyamabravīt
Di Kāśī, sesungguhnya “vajralepa” yang dahsyat itu lenyap dalam satu kṣetra suci itu sahaja. Setelah mendengar hal itu melalui laporan seorang pengembara, Raja Dilīpa pun bertitah demikian.
Narrator (introducing Dilīpa’s speech)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler describes Kāśī to King Dilīpa; in a visionary inset, Kāśī appears with Gaṅgā ghāṭs and a Śiva shrine, where a dark, armor-like ‘vajralepa’ crust breaks and falls away from a sufferer upon entering the kṣetra.
FAQs
Certain kṣetras are described as uniquely potent for the destruction of deep-rooted sin, inspiring seekers to inquire about the highest places of purification.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is singled out as a kṣetra where ‘vajralepa’ is destroyed.
None explicitly; the verse highlights testimonial knowledge (hearing a traveler’s account) as prompting dharmic inquiry.