Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
ततः काशीं समासाद्य तेन पुण्येन नोदिताः । विश्वेश्वरप्रसादेन मोक्षमेष्यंत्यसंशयम्
tataḥ kāśīṃ samāsādya tena puṇyena noditāḥ | viśveśvaraprasādena mokṣameṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam
Puis, parvenus à Kāśī—poussés par ce mérite même—ils atteindront, par la grâce de Viśveśvara, la délivrance, sans aucun doute.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) / Viśveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the Purāṇic frame
Scene: Pilgrims enter Kāśī’s inner lanes, guided by their accrued merit, arriving at Viśveśvara’s shrine; the liṅga radiates calm authority, suggesting ‘prasāda’ as the final cause of mokṣa.
FAQs
Merit culminates in pilgrimage to Kāśī, where Śiva as Viśveśvara grants mokṣa by grace.
Kāśī, especially the sphere of Viśveśvara, is glorified as a sure gateway to liberation.
A pilgrimage orientation: let accumulated puṇya lead one to Kāśī and seek Viśveśvara’s grace.