कृत्वा पापसहस्राणि पिशाचत्वं वरं नृणाम् ।। न च क्रतुसहस्रत्वं स्वर्गे काशीं पुरीं विना ।। २५ ।।
It is far better for men to become ghost after committing thousands of sins and stay at Kāśī than to attain heaven after performing a thousand sacrifices but without going to the city of Kāśī.