Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
इत्थं मांदारदामिः स नित्यं परिमलालयः । काश्यां त्रिविष्टपं द्रष्टुं समागच्छेत्प्रयत्नवान्
itthaṃ māṃdāradāmiḥ sa nityaṃ parimalālayaḥ | kāśyāṃ triviṣṭapaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgacchetprayatnavān
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੰਦਾਰਦਾਮੀ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਪਰਿਮਲਾਲਯ ਨਿੱਤ ਯਤਨਸ਼ੀਲ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ, ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਆਉਂਦਾ—ਉਥੇ ‘ਤ੍ਰਿਵਿਸ਼ਟਪ’ (ਸੁਰਗ) ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਨਾਲ, ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਰਗ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਕਰਦਾ।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as Triviṣṭapa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A determined pilgrim (Parimalālaya), son of Mandāradāma, walking toward Kāśī’s ghats with staff and waterpot; above the city, a subtle celestial overlay suggests ‘Triviṣṭapa’ perceived within Kāśī.
FAQs
Earnest effort in pilgrimage and worship makes Kāśī itself a foretaste of heaven and a gateway to higher merit.
Kāśī is praised as a place where one can ‘see heaven’ through its extraordinary sacred power.
Not a fixed ritual; it highlights intentional pilgrimage (prayatna) to Kāśī for darśana and worship.