Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
धन्योस्म्यहं प्रसन्नोस्मि धन्ये मेद्य विलोचने । धन्यमद्यतनं चाहर्यदपश्यमिमां भुवम्
dhanyosmyahaṃ prasannosmi dhanye medya vilocane | dhanyamadyatanaṃ cāharyadapaśyamimāṃ bhuvam
میں مبارک ہوں، میں شادمان ہوں؛ میری یہ آنکھیں بھی مبارک ہیں۔ مبارک ہے یہ آج کا دن—جس دن میں نے کاشی کی اس مقدّس دھرتی کا دیدار کیا۔
Skanda (narration context: Kāśīkhaṇḍa, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-king beholds Kāśī’s sacred ground with uplifted gaze and folded hands; the city’s ghāṭs and temples shimmer in a sanctified aura, suggesting ‘this earth’ as visibly holy.
FAQs
Darśana of Kāśī is itself a blessing; the devotee’s joy and gratitude are signs of awakening to sacred geography.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supremely blessed sacred land.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on the merit of darśana (beholding/visiting) the holy place.