Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
यो यो याति पुरीं तां तु स स तत्रैव तिष्ठति । अभूवन्ननुयोगिन्योऽयोगिन्यः काशिसंगताः
yo yo yāti purīṃ tāṃ tu sa sa tatraiva tiṣṭhati | abhūvannanuyoginyo'yoginyaḥ kāśisaṃgatāḥ
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਨਗਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਉਹ ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਟਿਕ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਦੇ ਸੰਗ ਨਾਲ, ਜੋ ਯੋਗਿਨੀਆਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਨ, ਉਹ ਵੀ ਯੋਗਿਨੀਆਂ ਬਣ ਗਈਆਂ।
Skanda (continuing narration of Śiva’s thought)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Pilgrims entering Kāśī are shown gradually transforming: ordinary women become yoginīs—holding japa-mālā, serene faces, simple ascetic attire—while the city’s aura binds residents to remain near ghāṭas and temples.
FAQs
Holy association (saṅga) with Kāśī transforms inner capacity; the place itself catalyzes yogic and devotional maturity.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) broadly, praised for its power to retain and transform visitors.
No explicit rite; the implied discipline is saṅga—staying in/associating with Kāśī as a spiritual practice.