Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
विधाय च द्राक्स हि पंचतीर्थिकां विश्वेशमाराध्य ततो यथास्वम् । पुनःपुनर्वीक्ष्यपुरीं पुरारेरिदं मयालोकिनवेति विस्मितः
vidhāya ca drāksa hi paṃcatīrthikāṃ viśveśamārādhya tato yathāsvam | punaḥpunarvīkṣyapurīṃ purāreridaṃ mayālokinaveti vismitaḥ
پھر اُس نے فوراً پنچ تیرتھ کا وِدھان پورا کیا اور دستور کے مطابق وشویشور کی آرادھنا کی۔ اس کے بعد وہ پُراری (شیو) کی نگری کو بار بار دیکھتا رہا اور حیرت سے سوچتا، “کیا میں نے واقعی یہ درشن کیا ہے؟”
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pañcatīrtha (Kāśī) and Viśveśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: After completing a five-tīrtha circuit, the pilgrim stands before Viśveśvara’s sanctum, offering flowers and lamp; then he turns, repeatedly gazing at Kāśī’s skyline—spires, ghats, and the river—overwhelmed by wonder.
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Kāśī is approached through disciplined pilgrimage (tīrtha-rounds) culminating in devotion to Viśveśvara.
Viśveśvara (Kāśī Viśvanātha) and the pañca-tīrtha circuit within Kāśī.
Performing pañcatīrthikā and then worshiping Viśveśvara according to proper rule (yathāsvam).