Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
नाद्याप्यायांति योगिन्यो नाद्याप्यायाति तिग्मगुः । प्रवृत्तिरपि मे काश्याश्चित्रमत्यंत दुर्लभा
nādyāpyāyāṃti yoginyo nādyāpyāyāti tigmaguḥ | pravṛttirapi me kāśyāścitramatyaṃta durlabhā
ယခုထိ ယောဂိနီများ မလာသေး၊ ယခုထိ ရောင်ခြည်ထက်မြက်သော နေမင်းလည်း မရောက်သေး။ သို့ရာတွင် ကာသီသို့ ငါ၏စိတ်ဓာတ်တိုးပွားမှုသည်—အံ့ဩဖွယ်—အလွန်တရာ တားဆီးရန်ခက်ခဲလှ၏။
Hara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of Adhyāya 2)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Shiva on Mandara looks toward the east, awaiting yoginīs and the Sun, yet visibly stirred by an unstoppable urge toward Kāśī; the sky is pre-dawn or twilight.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as spiritually compelling beyond ordinary causality—its sanctity draws even the highest consciousness.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) broadly, as the supreme locus of spiritual attraction.
None explicitly; the verse is a psychological-spiritual description within the māhātmya.