Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य लभ्यं विनिमयेन यत् । किं तेन तुल्यमन्यत्स्यात्पवित्रमथवा महत
aśvamedhasahasrasya labhyaṃ vinimayena yat | kiṃ tena tulyamanyatsyātpavitramathavā mahata
اگر تبادلے میں ہزار اشومیدھ یگیوں کا پھل بھی مل جائے، تو بھی پاکیزگی یا عظمت میں اس کے برابر اور کیا ہو سکتا ہے؟
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A symbolic scene where a thousand aśvamedha altars fade into the background while Kāśī’s sacred light remains singular and unsurpassed; priests and kings bow toward the kṣetra’s radiance.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s sanctity is beyond the calculable merit of grand rituals; holiness is presented as incomparable.
Kāśī is implied as the ‘this’ whose purity and greatness exceed even massive sacrificial merit.
Aśvamedha is referenced for comparison; no performance is prescribed—rather, the verse elevates the superior sanctity of the praised kṣetra.