Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
तेषामेव हि सर्वेषां तत्तु जन्मदिवाभवत् । आगत्य देवदेवोथ मुक्तिमंडपमाविशत्
teṣāmeva hi sarveṣāṃ tattu janmadivābhavat | āgatya devadevotha muktimaṃḍapamāviśat
Wahrlich, für sie alle war es, als sei ein Geburtstag angebrochen; dann kam der Gott der Götter und betrat die Muktimaṇḍapa, den Pavillon der Befreiung.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Muktimaṇḍapa (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A jubilant sacred assembly feels as if a new birth-day has dawned; Śiva, ‘God of gods’, arrives and steps into the Muktimaṇḍapa, with lamps, banners, and devotees forming a corridor of reverence.
FAQs
Divine arrival renews the devotees’ inner life—darśana of Śiva is portrayed as a rebirth into auspiciousness and liberation-oriented living.
The Muktimaṇḍapa in Kāśī, a liberation-signifying sacred pavilion within the city’s holy topography.
No explicit rule; the verse centers on the epiphany motif—Śiva’s entrance as the climax of the sacred assembly.