Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
पुरीं वैश्वेश्वरीं प्राप्तो मनःस्वास्थ्यमवाप च । ततः प्रापय्य तां काशीं तापसः क्वाप्यतर्कितम्
purīṃ vaiśveśvarīṃ prāpto manaḥsvāsthyamavāpa ca | tataḥ prāpayya tāṃ kāśīṃ tāpasaḥ kvāpyatarkitam
ครั้นถึงนครศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งไวศเวศวระ เขาก็บรรลุความผาสุกและความสงบแห่งจิตใจ แล้วฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะนั้น ครั้นพาเขามาถึงกาศี ก็ได้นำไปยังสถานที่หนึ่งอันคาดไม่ถึงภายในนั้น
Narrator (within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame, traditionally Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vaiśveśvara (Viśvanātha) in Kāśī
Type: temple
Listener: Internal story addressee (not specified)
Scene: The pilgrim arrives at Vaiśveśvarī Purī and feels sudden mental ease; the ascetic then leads him to an unexpected, perhaps hidden, sacred spot within Kāśī.
FAQs
Entering Kāśī—city of Viśveśvara—naturally bestows inner steadiness and peace, preparing the seeker for deeper sacred encounters.
Vaiśveśvarī Purī—Kāśī centered on Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha).
None explicitly; the verse highlights the spiritual effect of arrival (darśana/entry) into the sacred city.