देहत्यागोऽत्र वै योगः काश्यां निर्वाणसौख्यकृत् । प्राप्योत्तरवहां काश्यामतिदुष्कृतवानपि
dehatyāgo'tra vai yogaḥ kāśyāṃ nirvāṇasaukhyakṛt | prāpyottaravahāṃ kāśyāmatiduṣkṛtavānapi
یہاں حقیقتاً ‘یوگ’ تو بدن کا ترک کرنا ہے؛ کاشی میں یہی نروان کے سُکھ کا سبب بنتا ہے۔ اُترواہنی گنگا والی کاشی تک پہنچ کر، نہایت بدکردار بھی…
Skanda
Tirtha: Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā in Kāśī (within Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: On a Kāśī ghāṭa by the north-flowing Gaṅgā, a sinner-turned-pilgrim collapses in surrender; Śiva’s presence sanctifies the moment of deha-tyāga, and a luminous path opens toward nirvāṇa.
Kāśī is depicted as a supreme mokṣa-kṣetra where even the act of dying there becomes a direct means to nirvāṇa-bliss.
Kāśī, with special allusion to the uttaravahā (north-flowing) Gaṅgā stretch associated with heightened sanctity.
No formal rite is prescribed; the verse frames dehatyāga in Kāśī itself as the decisive spiritual means.