Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
आदिकेशवनाम्नीं तां श्रीमूर्तिं पारमेश्वरीम् । संपूज्य मर्त्यो वैकुंठं मन्यते स्वगृहांगणम्
ādikeśavanāmnīṃ tāṃ śrīmūrtiṃ pārameśvarīm | saṃpūjya martyo vaikuṃṭhaṃ manyate svagṛhāṃgaṇam
Après avoir dûment honoré cette glorieuse Image suprême nommée Ādikeśava, le mortel en vient à tenir même la cour de sa demeure pour Vaikuṇṭha lui-même.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Ādikeśava
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee worships the radiant Ādikeśava mūrti; the scene dissolves into a vision where the devotee’s simple home courtyard appears as Vaikuṇṭha—celestial architecture, garlands, and divine light overlaying the mundane.
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True worship sanctifies ordinary life—devotion can transform one’s own dwelling into the felt presence of the divine realm.
The Ādikeśava shrine-circuit in Kāśī, whose worship grants Vaikuṇṭha-like sanctity.
Full worship (saṃpūjā) of the Ādikeśava mūrti.