Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
विषयेष्वति संरागो मानसो मल उच्यते । तेष्वेव हि विरागो स्य नैर्मल्यं समुदाहृतम्
viṣayeṣvati saṃrāgo mānaso mala ucyate | teṣveva hi virāgo sya nairmalyaṃ samudāhṛtam
حسی لذتوں اور موضوعات سے حد سے زیادہ لگاؤ کو دل کی میل کہا گیا ہے؛ اور انہی چیزوں سے بےرغبتی (وَیراغ) کو پاکیزگی قرار دیا گیا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (teaching on inner tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim stands amid bustling markets near the ghāṭas; sense-objects appear as alluring forms, while a calm inner light cuts their pull; the same objects fade as the pilgrim’s gaze turns inward to Śiva/Ātman.
FAQs
Mental impurity is attachment; purity is vairāgya—freedom from compulsive craving.
Within Kāśī’s spiritual geography, the verse teaches that the pilgrim’s inner state determines the real fruit of Kāśī.
Cultivate virāga (detachment) from viṣayas as a practical discipline of purification.