Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
सर्वेभ्यः कारणेभ्यश्च परात्परतरं परम् । आनंदं ब्रह्मणो रूपं श्रुतयो यत्प्रचक्षते
sarvebhyaḥ kāraṇebhyaśca parātparataraṃ param | ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutayo yatpracakṣate
সমস্ত কারণেরও অতীত, এবং ‘অতীত’ বলারও অতীত—সেই পরম। শ্রুতিগণ ঘোষণা করেন, আনন্দই ব্রহ্মের স্বরূপ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (mokṣa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / internal Kāśī audience
Scene: An expansive, luminous depiction of bliss beyond causality: Kāśī’s skyline dissolving into a field of light, with a yogin in stillness by the Ganga.
FAQs
Ultimate reality transcends causality and is bliss itself—directing seekers toward liberation as fulfillment, not mere escape.
No explicit tirtha is mentioned; in Kāśī Khaṇḍa, such Brahman-teaching reinforces Kāśī’s reputation as a mokṣa-kṣetra.
None is stated.