Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
न केवलं काशिवियोगजो ज्वरः प्रबाधते त्वां तु तथा यथात्र माम् । उपाय एषोत्र निदाघशांतये पुरी तु सा वा ममजन्मभूरथ
na kevalaṃ kāśiviyogajo jvaraḥ prabādhate tvāṃ tu tathā yathātra mām | upāya eṣotra nidāghaśāṃtaye purī tu sā vā mamajanmabhūratha
折磨你的不只是与迦尸（Kāśī）离别所生的热病；它对我的煎迫更甚。此处有一法可息此炎热：让我们前往那座圣城——无论它是否为我的出生之地。
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Companion devotee and/or Śiva (implied addressee)
Scene: Two devotees (or speaker and companion) afflicted by a ‘fever’ of longing, shown with parched, heated surroundings; the decision to journey to Kāśī is depicted as a cooling breeze leading toward river ghats and temple spires.
FAQs
Longing for sacred Kāśī is itself a spiritual intensity; the ‘remedy’ is direct engagement—going to the holy city.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), treated as the cure for the burning of separation and the locus of liberation.
Pilgrimage (yātrā) is implied as the practical upāya; no specific dāna/snān/japa is detailed here.
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