Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
कश्यपेशं नमस्कृत्य हरिकेशवनं ततः । वैद्यनाथं ततो दृष्ट्वा ध्रुवेशमथ वीक्ष्य च
kaśyapeśaṃ namaskṛtya harikeśavanaṃ tataḥ | vaidyanāthaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā dhruveśamatha vīkṣya ca
ครั้นนอบน้อมแด่กัศยเปศะแล้ว จึงไปยังหริเกศวะวนะ ต่อจากนั้นเมื่อได้เห็นไวทยนาถแล้ว พึงแลเห็นธรุเวศะด้วย
Skanda
Tirtha: Kaśyapeśa–Harikeśavana–Vaidyanātha–Dhruveśa (Kāśī circuit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands moves through Kāśī’s narrow lanes, pausing at successive shrines—Kaśyapeśa, a grove-like Harikeśavana, then Vaidyanātha and Dhruveśa—each marked by a liṅga, lamps, and bilva leaves.
FAQs
Merit in Kāśī is gained through reverent, sequential darśana—humility (namaskāra) and steady devotion while moving from shrine to shrine.
A Kāśī pilgrimage cluster centered on Kaśyapeśa, Harikeśavana, Vaidyanātha, and Dhruveśa—shrines within the sacred landscape of Vārāṇasī.
The prescription is darśana and namaskāra—bowing to Kaśyapeśa and then visiting/seeing the subsequent shrines in order.