Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
अतीतब्रह्मणामस्थ्नां स्रक्कंठे तव भासते । तदातदा क्वानुगता ब्रह्महत्या तवानघ
atītabrahmaṇāmasthnāṃ srakkaṃṭhe tava bhāsate | tadātadā kvānugatā brahmahatyā tavānagha
تتلألأ على عنقك قلادةٌ من عظام براهماواتٍ مضت. ففي تلك الأوقات، يا من لا دنس فيه، أين يذهب «إثم قتل براهما»—وبماذا يمكن أن يتعلّق فيك؟
Brahmā
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame); internal speaker addressing Śiva
Scene: Śiva with a radiant garland of pale bone-beads/ossuary garland symbolizing ‘bones of past Brahmās’; the devotee marvels that brahmahatyā cannot adhere to the sinless Lord.
FAQs
The Supreme is untouched by दोष (defilement); categories of sin apply to bound beings, not to the transcendent Lord.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, though this verse emphasizes theology and cosmic cycles rather than a named place.
None directly; it supports faith in Śiva’s purity and supremacy.