Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
स्मरिष्यंतीह ये काशीमवश्यं तेपि साधवः । तेप्यघौघ विनिर्मुक्ता यास्यंति गतिमुत्तमाम्
smariṣyaṃtīha ye kāśīmavaśyaṃ tepi sādhavaḥ | tepyaghaugha vinirmuktā yāsyaṃti gatimuttamām
ဤနေရာ၌ နေထိုင်စဉ် ကာရှီကို မလွဲမသွေ သတိရစွာ စမရင်ပြုသူတို့သည်လည်း တကယ့်သဒ္ဓုသူတော်ကောင်းများ ဖြစ်လာကြသည်။ အပြစ်၏လှိုင်းလုံးကြီးများမှ လွတ်မြောက်၍ အမြင့်ဆုံး မောက္ခအခြေအနေသို့ ရောက်ကြသည်။
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim-resident in Kāśī sits near the Gaṅgā, eyes closed in remembrance of the city and Viśveśvara; dark streams symbolizing sins dissolve into light rising toward a radiant, tranquil liberation-state.
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Remembrance of Kāśī itself becomes a purifier, turning one toward virtue and culminating in the supreme spiritual goal.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), understood within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa as the Avimukta-kṣetra of Śiva.
No external rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on smaraṇa (remembering Kāśī) as spiritually efficacious.