Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
अंतःपुरि प्रविष्टोभूत्स द्विजो मुनिसत्तम । तच्छरीराद्बहिर्भूतस्त्वहं पापैः समं क्षणात्
aṃtaḥpuri praviṣṭobhūtsa dvijo munisattama | taccharīrādbahirbhūtastvahaṃ pāpaiḥ samaṃ kṣaṇāt
முனிசிறந்தவரே! அந்தப் பிராமணன் உள்ளகப் பரிசரத்தில் நுழைந்தவுடன், நான் பாவங்களோடு சேர்ந்து கணநேரத்தில் அவன் உடலிலிருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டேன்।
Preta (a departed spirit), speaking to a sage within Skanda’s Kāśī narrative frame
Tirtha: Antahpura of Kāśī (inner Avimukta zone)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (munisattama)
Scene: As the brāhmaṇa steps into Kāśī’s inner precincts, a radiant unseen force ejects a smoky preta-form and clinging black sin-masses from his body; the expelled forms recoil toward the outskirts while the brāhmaṇa stands momentarily stunned in purified light.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is portrayed as immediately purifying: harmful presences and sins cannot endure within its inner sacred bounds.
Kāśī’s ‘antaḥpurī’ (core sacred precinct) is praised as a spiritually protected zone.
No specific rite; the emphasis is on the transformative power of entering Kāśī’s sacred inner precinct.