Tirthaprakasha 4.p67.1

4.p67.1

atha kāśīmaraṇamahimā | viṣayāsaktacitto'pi tyaktadharmaratirnaraḥ | iha kṣetre mṛtaḥ so'pi saṃsāraṃ na viśet punaḥ || kāśīkhaṇḍe kāśīmadhikṛtya, tatrotkramaṇakāle tu sākṣādviśveśvaraḥ svayam | vyācaṣṭe tārakaṃ brahma yenāsau tanmayo bhavet || ityādikamanusandheyam | kāśīvāsinā pāpānnivṛttena bhavitavyam | yattu kāśyāṃ pāpaṃ notpadyata eveti, tanna | yāni ceha prakurvanti pātakāni kṛtālayāḥ | nāśayettāni sarvāṇi devaḥ kālatanuḥ śivaḥ || iti kūrmapurāṇavirodhāt | kṛtvāpi kāśyāṃ pāpāni kāśyāmeva mriyeta cet | bhūtvā rudrapiśāco'pi punarmuktimavāpsyati || kāśyāṃ mṛtānāṃ jantūnāṃ daivātpāpakṛtāmapi | na pāto narake teṣāṃ teṣāṃ śāstā'hameva yat || iti kāśīkhaṇḍavirodhācca | vārāṇasyāṃ sthito yo vai pātakeṣu rataḥ sadā | yoniṃ praviśya paiśācīṃ varṣāṇāmayutatrayam || punareva ca tatraiva jñānamutpadyate tataḥ | mokṣaṃ gamiṣyate so'pi guhyametat khagādhipa || iti garuḍapurāṇavirodhācca | adharmmiṣṭhasya tatkṣetre yātanānte diśenmatim | iti vacanācca | ata evanāvimukte mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ yāti kilviṣī | ityasyāpyupapattiḥ | bhairavayātanāyā eva sambhavenādoṣatvāt | na canānāhitāgnirnāyajño nāvratī na ca taskaraḥ | ityanena virodhaḥ | kāśīvāsī āhitāgniphalaṃ yāgaphalaṃ ca labhate tāskaryyaphalaṃ yamayātanāṃ ca nānubhavatītyāśayāt | nanu kāśīkṛtapāpānāṃ tanmaraṇādapi na mokṣaḥ | aśanaṃ vasanaṃ vāsaḥ kāśyāṃ yeṣāmamārgataḥ | kīkaṭena samā kāśī satyaṃ satyaṃ khageśvara || iti garuḍavacanādavagamyate | tatkathaṃ yātanānte muktiriticet, na |