इति ते कथिता विप्र लोकानां च परिस्थितिः । इदानीं कथयिष्यावस्तवनिर्वाण कारणम्
iti te kathitā vipra lokānāṃ ca paristhitiḥ | idānīṃ kathayiṣyāvastavanirvāṇa kāraṇam
Demikianlah, wahai Brāhmaṇa, telah kukisahkan kepadamu keadaan dunia-dunia. Kini akan kukatakan sebab pembebasanmu (nirvāṇa).
Skanda
Liberation is not accidental; it has a discernible cause taught through sacred instruction (upadeśa).
Kāśī is the implied locus of the liberation-teaching that follows in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
No specific ritual here; it introduces an upcoming explanation of the means/cause of liberation.