Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
देव्युवाच । यानि यानि हि तीर्थानि यत्रयत्र महेश्वर । तानि तानीह मे काश्यां तत्रतत्र वद प्रभो
devyuvāca | yāni yāni hi tīrthāni yatrayatra maheśvara | tāni tānīha me kāśyāṃ tatratatra vada prabho
Nữ Thần thưa: “Ôi Maheśvara, các tīrtha ở bất cứ nơi đâu, xin Ngài, bậc Chúa Tể, hãy nói cho con biết: chính những tīrtha ấy hiện hữu tại Kāśī của con, ở từng chỗ tương ứng, như thế nào.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) as sarva-tīrtha-mayī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (frame listener)
Scene: Devī questions Maheśvara: ‘Wherever tīrthas exist, show me how they are present here in Kāśī.’ The scene suggests a sacred cartography—Śiva indicating points on an imagined map of Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī is portrayed as a sacred microcosm where the merits of many tīrthas are accessible—revealing the theological idea of tīrtha-convergence.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the locus where other tīrthas are said to be mirrored or present.
No specific rite; it requests a sacred-geographical mapping that guides pilgrimage and worship.