Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
कृमिकीटपतंगानामविमुक्ते तनुत्यजाम् । विभूतिर्दृश्यते या सा क्वास्ति ब्रह्मांडमंडले
kṛmikīṭapataṃgānāmavimukte tanutyajām | vibhūtirdṛśyate yā sā kvāsti brahmāṃḍamaṃḍale
Even for worms, insects, and flying creatures that cast off their bodies in Avimukta, a glory is seen—where else in the whole sphere of the universe is such a glory found?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A tiny insect and a bird at the moment of death within Avimukta are enveloped by a gentle, auspicious radiance rising upward, while sages and pilgrims look on in astonishment; the city’s sacred aura pervades the scene.
FAQs
Avimukta’s sanctity is so exceptional that even the smallest beings gain a remarkable spiritual uplift there.
Avimukta-kṣetra, identified with Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
None; the verse stresses the inherent salvific potency of the place, especially connected with death there.