Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
तेषामेव हि सर्वेषां तत्तु जन्मदिवाभवत् । आगत्य देवदेवोथ मुक्तिमंडपमाविशत्
teṣāmeva hi sarveṣāṃ tattu janmadivābhavat | āgatya devadevotha muktimaṃḍapamāviśat
En vérité, pour eux tous, ce jour fut comme l’aurore d’une naissance; puis le Dieu des dieux arriva et entra dans le Muktimaṇḍapa, le Pavillon de la Délivrance.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Muktimaṇḍapa (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A jubilant sacred assembly feels as if a new birth-day has dawned; Śiva, ‘God of gods’, arrives and steps into the Muktimaṇḍapa, with lamps, banners, and devotees forming a corridor of reverence.
FAQs
Divine arrival renews the devotees’ inner life—darśana of Śiva is portrayed as a rebirth into auspiciousness and liberation-oriented living.
The Muktimaṇḍapa in Kāśī, a liberation-signifying sacred pavilion within the city’s holy topography.
No explicit rule; the verse centers on the epiphany motif—Śiva’s entrance as the climax of the sacred assembly.