Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
यस्तु काशीति काशीति द्विस्त्रिर्जपति पुण्यवान् । अपि सर्वपवित्रेभ्यः स पवित्रतरो महान्
yastu kāśīti kāśīti dvistrirjapati puṇyavān | api sarvapavitrebhyaḥ sa pavitrataro mahān
لیکن جو صاحبِ پُنّیہ ‘کاشی، کاشی’ دو یا تین بار جپتا ہے، وہ نہایت پاکیزہ ہو جاتا ہے—بلکہ تمام پاک کرنے والوں سے بھی زیادہ پاک۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue tradition, often Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as nāma-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking purification
Scene: A pilgrim or householder with folded hands softly repeats ‘Kāśī, Kāśī’ as luminous syllables rise like a mantra, with a faint vision of ghāṭs and Viśvanātha’s spire appearing in the aura.
FAQs
Remembrance and repetition of Kāśī’s name itself is a potent purifier, reflecting the site’s extraordinary sanctity.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised such that even its name bestows purity.
Japa/nāma-smaraṇa: repeating “Kāśī, Kāśī” two or three times.