Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य महाभाग कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । नैःश्रेयस्याः श्रियोहेतुमविमुक्त समाश्रयाम्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | naiḥśreyasyāḥ śriyohetumavimukta samāśrayām
স্কন্দে ক’লে: হে মহাভাগ অগস্ত্য, পাপনাশিনী এই কথা শুনা—অৱিমুক্ত, যি নৈঃশ্ৰেয়সৰ শ্ৰীৰ হেতু আৰু আশ্ৰয়।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya directly, inviting him to listen; the atmosphere is didactic and devotional, with Agastya seated in attentive posture, surrounded by sages; a subtle icon of Kāśī (Gaṅgā, ghāṭas, liṅga) anchors the theme.
FAQs
Avimukta-centered remembrance and teaching is portrayed as a direct means to destroy sin and orient life toward liberation.
Avimukta in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Hearing (śravaṇa) of the Avimukta-kathā itself is presented as spiritually efficacious.