Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
संसार भयभीताय ये ये बद्धाः कर्मबंधनैः । येषां क्वापि गतिर्नास्ति तेषां वाराणसी गतिः
saṃsāra bhayabhītāya ye ye baddhāḥ karmabaṃdhanaiḥ | yeṣāṃ kvāpi gatirnāsti teṣāṃ vārāṇasī gatiḥ
جو سنسار کے خوف سے لرزاں ہیں، جو کرم کے بندھنوں کی زنجیروں میں جکڑے ہیں—جنہیں کہیں بھی پناہ نہیں؛ اُن کے لیے وارانسی ہی گتی ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (quoted saying; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame tradition: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī / Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim haunted by the wheel of births sees chains (karma-bandhana) dissolve as he steps onto Kāśī’s ghāṭs; above, Śiva’s presence is felt as a calm, moonlit assurance.
FAQs
Kāśī is praised as a mokṣa-leaning refuge where karmic bondage and fear of saṃsāra are met with divine support.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).
No explicit ritual; the verse highlights the soteriological (liberation) promise associated with Kāśī.