Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य महाभाग कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । नैःश्रेयस्याः श्रियोहेतुमविमुक्त समाश्रयाम्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | naiḥśreyasyāḥ śriyohetumavimukta samāśrayām
સ્કંદે કહ્યું—હે મહાભાગ અગસ્ત્ય! પાપનાશક આ કથા સાંભળો; અવિમુક્ત એ નૈઃશ્રેયસની શ્રીનો હેતુ અને પરમ આશ્રય છે।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya directly, inviting him to listen; the atmosphere is didactic and devotional, with Agastya seated in attentive posture, surrounded by sages; a subtle icon of Kāśī (Gaṅgā, ghāṭas, liṅga) anchors the theme.
FAQs
Avimukta-centered remembrance and teaching is portrayed as a direct means to destroy sin and orient life toward liberation.
Avimukta in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Hearing (śravaṇa) of the Avimukta-kathā itself is presented as spiritually efficacious.