"For the faithful, it is the holiest of places, as in the Praise of Kāśī, or Avimukta, the city never forsaken by Śiva in the Kāśī Khaṅḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa, 35.6–10: Jñānavāpī, a speck in the middle of Kāśī, helps in attaining liberation (mokṣa). Aren’t there many holy places on this earth? But none equals one speck of Kāśī’s dust. Don’t many rivers flow into the sea? But none compares with the heavenly river in Kāśī. Aren’t there many fields of liberation on earth? Yet none equals even ten-millionth part of Avimukta. The Gaṅgā, Śiva, and Kāśī: the watchful three, grant the grace for perfect bliss."
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