Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
स्कंद उवाच । अतः परं शृणु मुने विमलादित्यमुत्तमम् । हरिकेशवने रम्ये वाराणस्यां व्यवस्थितम्
skaṃda uvāca | ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇu mune vimalādityamuttamam | harikeśavane ramye vārāṇasyāṃ vyavasthitam
स्कन्द बोले—हे मुने! अब आगे सुनो—उत्तम विमलादित्य का माहात्म्य, जो वाराणसी में रमणीय हरि-केशव वन में प्रतिष्ठित है।
Skanda
Tirtha: Vimalāditya at Harikeśava-vana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (unnamed sage)
Scene: Skanda addresses a sage, pointing toward the delightful Hari-Keśava grove in Kāśī where Vimalāditya is established; the grove appears lush, with a solar shrine glowing amid sacred trees and pilgrims.
FAQs
Kāśī’s holiness is mapped through specific shrines and groves; hearing their praise is part of pilgrimage-dharma.
Vimalāditya, located in Hari-Keśava-vana within Vārāṇasī.
Śravaṇa (listening) to the māhātmya as the recommended devotional approach before undertaking related rites.