Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
जरायुजांडजोद्भिज्जाः स्वेदजाह्यत्र वासिनः । न समा मोक्षभाजस्ते त्रिदशैर्मुक्तिदुर्दशैः
jarāyujāṃḍajodbhijjāḥ svedajāhyatra vāsinaḥ | na samā mokṣabhājaste tridaśairmuktidurdaśaiḥ
جو یہاں رہتے ہیں—خواہ رحم سے پیدا ہونے والے ہوں، انڈے سے، نباتاتی اُگاؤ سے یا پسینے سے—سب کے سب موکش کے حق دار ہیں۔ وہ دیوتاؤں کے برابر بھی نہیں؛ کیونکہ دیوتا بھی مکتی بڑی دشواری سے پاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic Kāśī scene where humans, animals, birds, insects, and plants are shown within the sacred boundary, all bathed in a subtle halo of Śiva’s grace; devas appear in the sky looking on with wonder, acknowledging the kṣetra’s superiority.
FAQs
Kāśī’s grace is depicted as so extraordinary that mere residence there confers mokṣa-eligibility beyond even divine privilege.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a whole—presented as a mokṣa-kṣetra where all beings can attain liberation.
No specific rite is stated; the emphasis is on the salvific power of dwelling in Kāśī.