Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
स्वयंवेद्यः परं ज्योतिः सर्वस्य हृदि संस्थितः । योगिगम्यस्त्वनाख्येयो यः प्रमाणैकगोचरः
svayaṃvedyaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvasya hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ | yogigamyastvanākhyeyo yaḥ pramāṇaikagocaraḥ
وہ پرم جیوति خود اپنے آپ کو جاننے والی ہے اور سب کے دل میں مقیم ہے۔ یوگیوں کے لیے قابلِ رسائی ہے، مگر ناقابلِ بیان؛ صرف براہِ راست معتبر ادراک ہی اس کا واحد گواہ ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / internal Kāśī audience
Scene: A yogin seated near a Kāśī shrine; within his chest a radiant lotus-light, mirrored by a temple lamp—outer and inner light unified.
FAQs
The Divine is not merely distant; it shines within the heart and is realized through yogic inwardness and direct experience.
No site is named; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, the verse complements Kāśī’s fame as a mokṣa-kṣetra by emphasizing inner realization.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse points toward yogic practice and contemplative realization.