Matsya Purana 180.56

180.56

iha saṃprāpyate yena tata etadviśiṣyate.
prayāge ca bhavenmokṣa iha vā matparigrahāt .. 180.56 ..

One bathing at Naimiṣâraṇya, Kurukṣetra Gangâdvâra and Puskara *or devoting his self there and not getting highest fruits there, gets it here*, and, therefore, it is so superior to all the sanctified places *There is no doubt in this, this is the speciality of the place*—55 56

The people get Mokṣa (freedom) at Prayâg (Allahabad) If the people take My refuge, they get Mokṣa, yet in spite of Allahabad being the best of all places of pilgrimage, this Benares is the chief of all, and is reckoned to be superior to Prayâg—57.