Shiva Purana
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.
english translation
kRtvA pApasahasrANi pizAcatvaM varaM nRNAm ॥ na ca kratusahasratvaM svarge kAzIM purIM vinA ॥ 25 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript