Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
सापदं संपदं ज्ञात्वा सापायं कायमुच्चकैः । चपला चपलं चायुर्मत्वा काशीं समाश्रयेत्
sāpadaṃ saṃpadaṃ jñātvā sāpāyaṃ kāyamuccakaiḥ | capalā capalaṃ cāyurmatvā kāśīṃ samāśrayet
సంపద ప్రమాదసహితమని, ఈ కాయం అనేక అపాయాలతో నిండినదని తెలుసుకొని; లక్ష్మీ చంచలమని, ఆయువూ చంచలమని భావించి—కాశీని ఆశ్రయించాలి.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, a wealthy house with looming dangers (storm, illness); on the other, the pilgrim steps onto Kāśī’s ghāṭa, taking refuge under Śiva’s protective presence.
FAQs
Because worldly security is unstable, one should seek the stable refuge of the liberating kṣetra—Kāśī.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly recommended as a refuge.
No specific rite; the prescription is an existential one—“samāśrayet,” to resort to/dwell in Kāśī.