Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
क्षेत्रस्य परमं तत्त्वमेतदेव प्रिये ध्रुवम् । संसाररोगग्रस्तानामिदमेव महौषधम्
kṣetrasya paramaṃ tattvametadeva priye dhruvam | saṃsārarogagrastānāmidameva mahauṣadham
اے محبوبہ! یہی اس مقدّس کھیتر کا یقینی اعلیٰ ترین تَتْو ہے؛ سنسار کے روگ میں مبتلا لوگوں کے لیے یہی ایک عظیم دوا ہے۔
Śiva (deduced from vocative 'priye' and theological tone; continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed ‘priye’)
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī in a serene Kāśī setting; behind them, the city appears as a luminous ‘medicine’—temples, ghāṭas, and a subtle aura like healing light spreading over afflicted beings.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred practice is framed as a definitive cure for the existential illness of saṃsāra.
The Kāśī-kṣetra itself—understood as a liberating field where Śiva’s grace is concentrated.
No single rite is named here; it summarizes the preceding pilgrimage/worship as the “great medicine.”