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
இந்தப் புனித யாத்திரையைச் செய்த மனிதன் மீண்டும் பிறவியடையான். மேலும் பத்து ஆயதனங்களிலிருந்து எழும் இன்னொரு யாத்திரையும் செய்யத்தக்கது.
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.