Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
स वै कामकृताद्दोषाद्यामीं नाप्स्यति यातनाम् । बहवोपि हि पाप्मानो बहुभिर्जन्मभिः कृताः
sa vai kāmakṛtāddoṣādyāmīṃ nāpsyati yātanām | bahavopi hi pāpmāno bahubhirjanmabhiḥ kṛtāḥ
En vérité, à cause des fautes nées du désir, il n’atteindra pas les tourments de Yama. Même si de nombreux péchés ont été commis au fil de nombreuses naissances…
Śiva (Devadeva)
Tirtha: Kāmakūṇḍa and Kāmeśvara-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse
Scene: A devotee, formerly burdened by desire-born faults, stands purified after snāna and darśana; in the background, Yama’s dark court fades away, replaced by Śiva’s protective presence and the luminous calm of Kāśī.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tirthas, approached through prescribed devotion, are portrayed as powerful purifiers that mitigate even deep-rooted karmic faults.
The merit described continues for Kāmakūṇḍa snāna and Kāmeśvara darśana within Kāśī.
Continuing the prior instruction: bathing and darśana connected to Kāmakūṇḍa and Kāmeśvara; the fruit is freedom from Yama’s punishments for desire-born faults.