देहत्यागोऽत्र वै योगः काश्यां निर्वाणसौख्यकृत् । प्राप्योत्तरवहां काश्यामतिदुष्कृतवानपि
dehatyāgo'tra vai yogaḥ kāśyāṃ nirvāṇasaukhyakṛt | prāpyottaravahāṃ kāśyāmatiduṣkṛtavānapi
இங்கே உண்மையில் ‘யோகம்’ என்பது தேகத்தைத் துறப்பதே; காசியில் அது நிர்வாண சுகத்தை அளிக்கிறது. வடக்கோடும் (கங்கை) காசியை அடைந்தால், மிகப் பெரும் தீவினையாளர் கூட (உய்வடைகிறான்).
Skanda
Tirtha: Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā in Kāśī (within Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: On a Kāśī ghāṭa by the north-flowing Gaṅgā, a sinner-turned-pilgrim collapses in surrender; Śiva’s presence sanctifies the moment of deha-tyāga, and a luminous path opens toward nirvāṇa.
Kāśī is depicted as a supreme mokṣa-kṣetra where even the act of dying there becomes a direct means to nirvāṇa-bliss.
Kāśī, with special allusion to the uttaravahā (north-flowing) Gaṅgā stretch associated with heightened sanctity.
No formal rite is prescribed; the verse frames dehatyāga in Kāśī itself as the decisive spiritual means.