Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
सापदं संपदं ज्ञात्वा सापायं कायमुच्चकैः । चपला चपलं चायुर्मत्वा काशीं समाश्रयेत्
sāpadaṃ saṃpadaṃ jñātvā sāpāyaṃ kāyamuccakaiḥ | capalā capalaṃ cāyurmatvā kāśīṃ samāśrayet
Biết rằng phú quý luôn kèm hiểm họa, và thân này cũng đầy nguy nan; hiểu rằng vận may thì chập chờn, mạng sống cũng chập chờn—người nên nương tựa Kāśī.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, a wealthy house with looming dangers (storm, illness); on the other, the pilgrim steps onto Kāśī’s ghāṭa, taking refuge under Śiva’s protective presence.
FAQs
Because worldly security is unstable, one should seek the stable refuge of the liberating kṣetra—Kāśī.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly recommended as a refuge.
No specific rite; the prescription is an existential one—“samāśrayet,” to resort to/dwell in Kāśī.