Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिः संसाराध्वनि कर्हिचित् । काशीकोशोयमतुलो न प्रकाश्यो यतस्ततः
na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ saṃsārādhvani karhicit | kāśīkośoyamatulo na prakāśyo yatastataḥ
اس کے لیے سنسار کی راہ میں کبھی دوبارہ آنا جانا نہیں رہتا۔ کاشی کا یہ بے مثال خزانہ ہر جگہ اور ہر ایک پر ظاہر کرنے کے لائق نہیں۔
Śiva (implied, within Skanda’s narration of Kāśī-māhātmya teachings)
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (Devī)
Scene: A solemn teaching scene in Kāśī: the ‘treasure of Kāśī’ symbolized as a sealed palm-leaf bundle or radiant jewel, with the Ganga and ghats in the background; the teacher gestures to secrecy and liberation beyond saṃsāra.
FAQs
True realization of Kāśī’s sacred secret leads to liberation—no return to saṃsāra.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated as a unique liberating kṣetra.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes guarded transmission of a sacred secret (rahasya).