Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
तत्र ये पापकर्तारस्तेषां शास्ता त्वमेव हि । शुभाशुभं न तत्कर्म चित्रगुप्तो लिखिष्यति
tatra ye pāpakartārasteṣāṃ śāstā tvameva hi | śubhāśubhaṃ na tatkarma citragupto likhiṣyati
ณ ที่นั้น ผู้ใดเป็นผู้กระทำบาป ท่านเท่านั้นเป็นผู้ลงทัณฑ์แก่เขา; และในธามนั้น จิตรคุปต์จักไม่บันทึกกรรมนั้นว่าเป็นกุศลหรืออกุศล
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kālarāja / Yama
Scene: A symbolic scene: Citragupta closes his ledger outside Kāśī’s boundary while Yama stands at the city gate as sole adjudicator; Kāśī glows within, suggesting a different law of grace and discipline.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a unique sacred realm where Bhairava administers discipline and karmic accounting is treated as exceptional.
Kāśī, described as operating under Bhairava’s direct governance.
None explicitly; the verse concerns the moral-judicial order (śāsana) within Kāśī.