Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
जीवन्मुक्तैवासं हि क्षेत्रतत्त्वश्रुतेरहम् । स्कंददक्षेश्वरादीनि लिंगानीह चतुर्दश । यान्युक्तानि समाचक्ष्व तत्प्रभावमशेषतः
jīvanmuktaivāsaṃ hi kṣetratattvaśruteraham | skaṃdadakṣeśvarādīni liṃgānīha caturdaśa | yānyuktāni samācakṣva tatprabhāvamaśeṣataḥ
By hearing the truth of this sacred kṣetra, I have become as though liberated while still living. Now, concerning the fourteen liṅgas here—beginning with Skanda and Dakṣeśvara—that have been mentioned, please explain their power fully, leaving nothing out.
Unspecified in snippet (a listener/devotee addressing the narrator; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa typically a question posed to Skanda)
Tirtha: Fourteen Liṅgas of Kāśī (beginning with Skanda-liṅga and Dakṣeśvara-liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A questioning sage, uplifted and radiant as if liberated, asks for the complete power of fourteen Kāśī liṅgas—beginning with Skanda and Dakṣeśvara—while a divine narrator prepares to explain.
FAQs
Understanding Kāśī’s kṣetra-tattva and the Liṅgas established there leads toward jīvanmukti; the text urges complete knowledge of their māhātmya.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a kṣetra, specifically its network of revered Śiva-Liṅgas including Dakṣeśvara.
The implied practice is attentive hearing (śravaṇa) and learning the Liṅga-māhātmya as part of tīrtha-oriented devotion.