Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
उपपातकिनो ये च महापातकिनश्च ये । तेपि काशीं समासाद्य भविष्यंति गतैनसः
upapātakino ye ca mahāpātakinaśca ye | tepi kāśīṃ samāsādya bhaviṣyaṃti gatainasaḥ
جو لوگ چھوٹے گناہوں کے مرتکب ہوں اور جو بڑے گناہوں کے بھی مرتکب ہوں—وہ سب بھی کاشی کو پہنچ کر گناہ سے پاک ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims of all kinds—some burdened, some penitent—enter Kāśī’s sacred boundary; their dark karmic stains lift like smoke; the Ganga glows, and temple bells mark a new beginning.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as exceptionally purifying—divine grace tied to sacred geography can cleanse even grave wrongdoing.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), revered as a sin-destroying kṣetra in the Skanda Purāṇa.
The act emphasized is pilgrimage—‘reaching Kāśī’ (samāsādya); no specific dāna/snān/japa is stated in this verse.