Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
नामाविमुक्तमभवदुभयोः क्षेत्रलिंगयोः । एतद्द्वयं समासाद्य न भूयो गर्भभाग्भवेत्
nāmāvimuktamabhavadubhayoḥ kṣetraliṃgayoḥ | etaddvayaṃ samāsādya na bhūyo garbhabhāgbhavet
क्षेत्र और लिङ्ग—दोनों का नाम ‘अविमुक्त’ हुआ। इस युगल (अविमुक्त-क्षेत्र और अविमुक्तेश्वर-लिङ्ग) को प्राप्त करके जीव फिर गर्भभागी नहीं होता, अर्थात् पुनर्जन्म नहीं लेता।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra; Avimukteśvara-liṅga
Type: kshetra
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Scene: A luminous sacred city-field labeled Avimukta, with a central ancient liṅga also named Avimukta; pilgrims approach, and a symbolic ‘wheel of rebirth’ dissolves behind them.
FAQs
Union with Avimukta-kṣetra and Avimukteśvara is presented as a direct cause of mokṣa—freedom from further rebirth.
Avimukta-kṣetra—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially the Avimukteśvara Liṅga.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on attaining/approaching the kṣetra and the liṅga as the liberating means.
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