Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
मृतानां यत्र जंतूनां काशीप्राप्तिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम् । मंदारदामतनयो नाम्ना परिमलालयः
mṛtānāṃ yatra jaṃtūnāṃ kāśīprāptirbhaveddhruvam | maṃdāradāmatanayo nāmnā parimalālayaḥ
जहाँ देहत्यागी जीवों के लिए काशी-प्राप्ति निश्चय ही होती है, वहाँ मंदारदाम का पुत्र ‘परिमलालय’ नाम से प्रसिद्ध था।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrative introduction: the ‘realm’ where the dead surely reach Kāśī; a noble Vidyādhara family scene introducing Parimalālaya, son of Mandāradāma.
FAQs
The Purāṇa emphasizes Kāśī as a uniquely liberating destination, even in relation to the departed.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is explicitly glorified through the motif of assured ‘Kāśī-prāpti’.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse introduces a character within a Kāśī-centered salvific framework.