Svargabhumi

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Says the Kashi Rahasya (10.54-55) that the land around the Prithvishvara is a Svargabhumi, the land where paradise can easily be approached because there sage Pashtu performed a house-sacrifice (Ashvamedha). This is the first site in Kashi which is declared as ‘the land of paradise’, and from here it is easy to obtain final oblation (mock). On account of being the meditation land of sage Pasthu, the area is also called as Yogabhumi, ‘the land of meditation’. Talab is believed to be the site of Svargabhumi, where pilgrims offer oblation. Presently this whole area is polluted and filthy, and some places having obnoxious smell.