Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
पदे पदे समाक्रांता ये विपद्भिरहर्निशम् । येषां क्वापि गतिर्नास्ति तेषांवाराणसी गतिः
pade pade samākrāṃtā ye vipadbhiraharniśam | yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃvārāṇasī gatiḥ
جن پر ہر قدم پر، دن رات، مصیبتیں ٹوٹتی رہتی ہیں، جن کی کہیں بھی پناہ نہیں—ان کے لیے وارانسی ہی گتی (پناہ) ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (quoted saying; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame tradition: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Story interlocutor and Purāṇic audience
Scene: A traveler battered by storms and misfortunes walks toward Kāśī; dark clouds and chaotic scenes behind, while ahead the ghāṭas glow with lamps and a steady temple spire.
FAQs
When worldly life becomes a chain of crises, Kāśī is extolled as the stabilizing spiritual refuge.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).
No explicit ritual; the instruction is to take shelter in Kāśī (through going, staying, or seeking its grace).