Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
यत्र विश्वेश्वरः साक्षाद्यत्र स्वर्गतरंगिणी । मिथ्या तत्रानुमन्यंते तार्किकाश्चानुसूयकाः
yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣādyatra svargataraṃgiṇī | mithyā tatrānumanyaṃte tārkikāścānusūyakāḥ
Nơi mà chính Đấng Viśveśvara hiện diện và dòng sông thiên đường tuôn chảy, những kẻ lý luận ghen tị vẫn cho đó là hư ảo.
Skanda
Tirtha: Viśveśvara-Kāśī and Gaṅgā-tīra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage (muni) addressed within the passage
Scene: A devotional tableau of Viśveśvara’s liṅga radiating presence beside the flowing Gaṅgā, while austere logicians stand aside in doubt, their scrolls and debate-gestures contrasted with pilgrims offering water and flowers.
FAQs
Do not reduce sacred reality to mere argument; Kāśī’s holiness rests on living divine presence—Śiva and Gaṅgā.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially Viśveśvara’s presence and the Gaṅgā.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes faith in the manifest sanctity of the place.