Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
वृत्तिहीनं मनः कृत्वा क्षेत्रज्ञे परमात्मनि । एकीकृत्य विमुच्येत योगयुक्तः स उच्यते
vṛttihīnaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā kṣetrajñe paramātmani | ekīkṛtya vimucyeta yogayuktaḥ sa ucyate
Indem man den Geist frei von Schwankungen macht und ihn im Kṣetrajña—dem Paramātman, dem höchsten Selbst—einigt, wird man befreit. Ein solcher heißt yoga-yukta, wahrhaft mit Yoga verbunden.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typal)
Scene: A yogin seated in stillness on a Kāśī ghat at dawn, the Ganga flowing quietly; the mind’s waves depicted as calming ripples merging into a luminous inner Self.
FAQs
Liberation arises when the mind becomes fluctuation-free and is merged in the Supreme Self (Kṣetrajña/Paramātman).
The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Varanasi/Kāśī context), emphasizing Kāśī as a seat of mokṣa-oriented yoga and knowledge.
No external rite is specified; the prescription is inner discipline—stilling mental vṛttis and one-pointed absorption in the Self.