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
ଯେ ନର ଏହି ପବିତ୍ର ଯାତ୍ରା କରେ, ସେ ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ ପାଉନାହିଁ। ଦଶ ଆୟତନରୁ ଉଦ୍ଭବ ଅନ୍ୟ ଏକ ଯାତ୍ରା ମଧ୍ୟ କରଣୀୟ।
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.