Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
उपोष्यभूतांयांकांचिन्न नरो गर्भभाक्पुनः । स्वर्गमार्गे कथामित्थं शृण्वन्विष्णुगणोदिताम्
upoṣyabhūtāṃyāṃkāṃcinna naro garbhabhākpunaḥ | svargamārge kathāmitthaṃ śṛṇvanviṣṇugaṇoditām
En jeûnant lors de quelque occasion sacrée de ce genre, l’homme n’entre plus de nouveau dans le sein maternel. Ainsi, cheminant sur la voie du ciel, il entend ce récit proclamé par les serviteurs de Viṣṇu.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī (vrata occasion connected to Īśāneśvara worship)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (frame)
Scene: A devotee fasting; then a subtle after-death tableau: the soul moving on a luminous path to svarga, accompanied by Viṣṇu’s attendants (Viṣṇu-gaṇas) reciting the sacred account; the womb-cycle is shown as broken chains or a closed lotus-bud motif.
FAQs
Fasting with faith yields liberation from repeated birth and leads toward heavenly attainment.
The broader Kāśī sacred framework where such vratas bear exceptional fruit (implicit in context).
Upavāsa (fasting) on the stated sacred observance/tithi.