Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130
विधाय क्षेत्रसंन्यासं ये वसंतीह मानवाः । जीवन्मुक्तास्तु ते देवि तेषां विघ्नं हराम्यहम्
vidhāya kṣetrasaṃnyāsaṃ ye vasaṃtīha mānavāḥ | jīvanmuktāstu te devi teṣāṃ vighnaṃ harāmyaham
Ô Déesse, ceux qui accomplissent le renoncement à l’égard de ce kṣetra sacré et demeurent ici deviennent jīvanmukta, libérés de leur vivant ; moi-même, j’écarte leurs obstacles.
Śiva (likely, addressing Devī; inferred from vocative 'devi' and first-person promise)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (explicit: 'devi')
Scene: A renunciant dwelling in Kāśī—simple cloth, kamaṇḍalu—performing dawn worship; unseen obstacles dissolve as Śiva’s protective gaze falls, while Devī is addressed as witness.
FAQs
Life in Kāśī with wholehearted renunciation toward the kṣetra is portrayed as a direct path to jīvanmukti, supported by divine protection.
The Kāśī-kṣetra as a whole, revered as a liberating sacred field.
Kṣetra-saṃnyāsa—adopting a renunciant orientation specifically tied to residing in the holy field (kṣetra) of Kāśī.