Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
सायुज्यमुक्तिरत्रैव सान्निध्यादिरथान्यतः । सुलभा सापि नो नूनं काश्यां मोक्षोस्ति हेलया
sāyujyamuktiratraiva sānnidhyādirathānyataḥ | sulabhā sāpi no nūnaṃ kāśyāṃ mokṣosti helayā
ইয়াতেই কেৱল সায়ুজ্য-মুক্তি (প্ৰভুৰ সৈতে একত্ব) লাভ হয়; আন ঠাইত সান্নিধ্য আদি আন আন সিদ্ধি পোৱা যায়। সেই সায়ুজ্যো নিশ্চয় সহজ নহয়, কিন্তু কাশীত মোক্ষ যেন অতি সহজে লাভ হয়।
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (contextual)
Scene: A luminous panorama of Kāśī on the Gaṅgā: pilgrims at ghāṭas, bells and lamps, and above them a radiant Śiva-bestowing-sāyujya motif—souls merging into a Śiva-tejas halo near Viśveśvara’s sanctum.
FAQs
Kāśī uniquely makes liberation accessible; it is praised as a place where mokṣa comes with exceptional ease.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), as the exceptional mokṣa-kṣetra.
No explicit ritual; the verse contrasts grades of liberation and highlights Kāśī’s special efficacy.