Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
पुत्रमित्रकलत्राणि क्षेत्राणि च धनानि च । प्रतिजन्मेह लभ्यंते काश्येका नैव लभ्यते
putramitrakalatrāṇi kṣetrāṇi ca dhanāni ca | pratijanmeha labhyaṃte kāśyekā naiva labhyate
بیٹے، دوست، زوجہ، کھیت اور دولت—یہ سب ہر جنم میں پھر مل سکتے ہیں؛ مگر کاشی اکیلی ایسی ہے جو یوں آسانی سے نہیں ملتی۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa norm: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of seekers/pilgrims
Scene: A contemplative figure sees a wheel of rebirth with repeating icons—family, fields, coins—while Kāśī appears once as a radiant city-lotus beyond the wheel, indicating rarity.
FAQs
Worldly attainments recur, but access to Kāśī is rare; therefore one should value and use the Kāśī opportunity for spiritual progress.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is exalted as uniquely difficult to attain, even across multiple births.
No explicit ritual; it implies prioritizing pilgrimage/residence and devotion in Kāśī when the chance arises.