Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
इत्थं मांदारदामिः स नित्यं परिमलालयः । काश्यां त्रिविष्टपं द्रष्टुं समागच्छेत्प्रयत्नवान्
itthaṃ māṃdāradāmiḥ sa nityaṃ parimalālayaḥ | kāśyāṃ triviṣṭapaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgacchetprayatnavān
یوں مانداردامی کا بیٹا، پریملالَیَہ، ہمیشہ کوشاں رہ کر کاشی آتا—وہاں ‘تری وِشٹپ’ (جنت) کے درشن کی آرزو سے، یعنی کاشی کی تقدیس میں جنت کا ذوق پانے کے لیے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as Triviṣṭapa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A determined pilgrim (Parimalālaya), son of Mandāradāma, walking toward Kāśī’s ghats with staff and waterpot; above the city, a subtle celestial overlay suggests ‘Triviṣṭapa’ perceived within Kāśī.
FAQs
Earnest effort in pilgrimage and worship makes Kāśī itself a foretaste of heaven and a gateway to higher merit.
Kāśī is praised as a place where one can ‘see heaven’ through its extraordinary sacred power.
Not a fixed ritual; it highlights intentional pilgrimage (prayatna) to Kāśī for darśana and worship.