Skandapurana 7.3.167_963

7.3.167_963

pāpakṣayādvirajasaḥ śruti(?)
yāṃti muktim . .81 . .
ya āgacchet kathaṃcicca126 purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ naraḥ127 .
tamupāyaṃ prakurvīta nirgacchenna punaryathā . .82 . .

through the destruction of sins, becoming stainless, [...] attain liberation.
If a person should somehow arrive at the city of Vārāṇasī, / he should employ that means by which he may never depart again.