Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
काश्यां प्रवेशं प्राप्यापि तदस्थीनि घटोद्भव । विना वैश्वेश्वरीमाज्ञां बहिर्यातानि तत्क्षणात्
kāśyāṃ praveśaṃ prāpyāpi tadasthīni ghaṭodbhava | vinā vaiśveśvarīmājñāṃ bahiryātāni tatkṣaṇāt
Dẫu đã được vào Kāśī, hỡi Ghaṭodbhava (Agastya), những di cốt ấy—không có mệnh lệnh của Vaiśveśvarī—liền bị tống xuất ra ngoài ngay khoảnh khắc ấy.
Skanda (addressing Agastya, ‘Ghaṭodbhava’)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis; internal address to Agastya ('Ghaṭodbhava')
Scene: At Kāśī’s boundary/ghat, a bundle of bones is mysteriously pushed outward by an unseen force; a radiant feminine presence (Vaiśveśvarī) is sensed above, while Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava) is addressed in narration.
FAQs
Kāśī is governed by divine ordinance; nothing contrary to the kṣetra’s sacred law can remain without the presiding authority’s sanction.
Kāśī itself is foregrounded as a uniquely regulated sacred kṣetra under the authority of Vaiśveśvarī.
An implicit rule of kṣetra-niyama (sacred jurisdiction): entry/retention within Kāśī depends on divine ājñā (permission), though no specific rite is described.