Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
अत्रात्मव्यतिरेकेण द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति । आत्मारामः स योगींद्रो ब्रह्मीभूतो भवेदिह
atrātmavyatirekeṇa dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati | ātmārāmaḥ sa yogīṃdro brahmībhūto bhavediha
یہاں جو آتما کے سوا کوئی ‘دوسرا’ نہیں دیکھتا، اور آتما میں ہی رَمَن کرتا ہے—وہ یوگیوں کا سردار بن جاتا ہے اور اسی زندگی میں برہمن (براہمن) کی حقیقت کو پا لیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant yogin in Kāśī, with the Ganga and Viśvanātha spires behind, depicted as seeing the same Self in all beings—pilgrims, priests, animals—without distinction.
FAQs
Non-dual Self-vision—seeing nothing separate from the Ātman—culminates in Brahman-realization.
The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberation framework, where Kāśī is famed for leading seekers toward Brahma-jñāna.
None; it describes a state of realization (non-dual seeing) rather than an outward practice.