Kāśī
Kāśī
Kāśī is a name used for more than one king and city in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Places
- Kāśī: also called Vārāṇasī, the Avimukta-kshetra on the Gaṅgā, the city of Bhagavān Viśvanātha, where death gives moksha. Varāha Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Kūrma Purāṇa; Liṅga Purāṇa; Nārada Purāṇa; Śiva Purāṇa; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa; Gaṇeśa Purāṇa; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
People
- Kāśirāja (Father of Gāndinī): the king of Kāśī who brought Śvaphalka to his land to end a three-year drought and gave him his daughter Gāndinī, the mother of Akrūra. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16
Named in passing
- The king of Kāśī, father of Suśīlā: the king whose daughter Suśīlā was Nārada living a whole life as a woman; he perished in the war with Sudharma of Vidarbha, told on Nārada and Suśīlā. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 229