Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 166
पुर्यां यक्षेश्वराणां ते स्वरूपमिति वर्णितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो नरो मुच्येदसंशयम्
puryāṃ yakṣeśvarāṇāṃ te svarūpamiti varṇitam | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo naro mucyedasaṃśayam
Así te ha sido descrita la verdadera naturaleza de los Yakṣeśvaras en esta ciudad sagrada. Al oírlo, el hombre queda libre de todos los pecados, sin duda alguna.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred narrator completes the description of the Yakṣeśvaras’ true nature in Kāśī; listeners sit in reverent stillness as the city’s sanctity is implied to wash away sins through hearing alone.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of Kāśī’s sacred accounts itself becomes a purifier that destroys sin and leads toward liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred city where Yakṣeśvara-related greatness is recounted.
No external rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is hearing the sacred description with faith.