अधीत्य चतुरो वेदान्सांगान्यत्फलमाप्यते । काशीखंडं समाकर्ण्य तत्फलं लभ्यते नरैः
adhītya caturo vedānsāṃgānyatphalamāpyate | kāśīkhaṃḍaṃ samākarṇya tatphalaṃ labhyate naraiḥ
Phước quả nào đạt được do học bốn bộ Veda cùng các ngành phụ trợ—chỉ cần lắng nghe Kāśīkhaṇḍa, con người cũng được chính phước quả ấy.
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Tirtha: Kāśī (via Kāśīkhaṇḍa-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned reciter expounds the Kāśīkhaṇḍa to an attentive assembly in Kāśī; above them, symbolic four Vedas appear as radiant manuscripts, indicating equal fruit through listening.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to Kāśī’s māhātmya is elevated as a powerful dharmic act, granting Vedic-level merit.
Kāśī itself through the Kāśīkhaṇḍa—its sacred greatness is presented as worthy of Vedic reverence.
Attentive listening (samākarṇa/śravaṇa) to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa as a meritorious religious practice comparable to Vedic study.