Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
शशकैर्मशकैः काश्यां यत्पदं हेलयाप्यते । तत्पदं नाप्यतेऽन्यत्र योगयुक्त्यापि योगिभिः
śaśakairmaśakaiḥ kāśyāṃ yatpadaṃ helayāpyate | tatpadaṃ nāpyate'nyatra yogayuktyāpi yogibhiḥ
ฐานะทางจิตวิญญาณที่ในกาศี แม้สัตว์เล็กน้อยอย่างกระต่ายและยุงก็ได้มาอย่างง่ายดาย แม้เพียงโดยไม่ใส่ใจนัก ฐานะนั้นที่อื่นแม้โยคีผู้ประกอบโยคะอย่างเคร่งครัดก็ไม่อาจบรรลุได้
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tiny creatures (hare, mosquito) near a Kāśī ghāṭa step touch the sacred ground; a luminous path rises from the kṣetra. In the distance, austere yogins in forests strive yet remain outside that radiance.
FAQs
In a supreme tīrtha like Kāśī, divine grace linked to sacred geography can surpass even arduous yogic striving elsewhere.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as uniquely potent for attaining the highest spiritual state.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse contrasts effortless attainment in Kāśī with rigorous yogic discipline elsewhere.