द्विसप्तायतनानां च कार्या यात्रा प्रयत्नतः । कृष्णां प्रतिपदं प्राप्य भूतावधि यथाविधि
dvisaptāyatanānāṃ ca kāryā yātrā prayatnataḥ | kṛṣṇāṃ pratipadaṃ prāpya bhūtāvadhi yathāvidhi
چودہ آستانوں کی یاترا پوری کوشش سے کرنی چاہیے۔ کرشن پکش کی پرتی پدا کو پا کر، مقررہ مدت تک شاستری ودھی کے مطابق یہ عمل انجام دے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Dvisaptāyatana-yātrā (Fourteen-shrine circuit) within Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Kāśī prepares for a fourteen-shrine circuit, holding a small water-pot and prayer beads, with ghāṭs and temple spires in the background; a lunar calendar mark indicates kṛṣṇa-pratipadā.
Sacred merit in Kāśī is safeguarded by disciplined, rule-based pilgrimage done with sincere effort.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a network of multiple āyatanas (holy shrines) to be visited in an ordered yātrā.
Perform a fourteen-shrine yātrā beginning on the dark-fortnight pratipad and completing it within the stated term, following proper injunctions.