Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
मायापुर्यां मुक्तिपुर्यां शिवशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः । मृतोपि मोक्षं नैवाप ब्रूहि तत्कारणं विभो
māyāpuryāṃ muktipuryāṃ śivaśarmā dvijottamaḥ | mṛtopi mokṣaṃ naivāpa brūhi tatkāraṇaṃ vibho
នៅក្នុងម៉ាយាបុរី—ទីក្រុងនៃការរួចផុត—សិវសර්មា ព្រាហ្មណ៍ដ៏ប្រសើរ ទោះស្លាប់ហើយក៏មិនបានមោក្សៈ។ ឱ ព្រះអង្គដ៏មានអานุភាព សូមប្រាប់ហេតុផលនោះ។
Lopāmudrā (questioning)
Tirtha: Māyāpurī / Muktipurī (as stated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Lopāmudrā, brows slightly knit, asks Agastya about a brāhmaṇa named Śivaśarmā who died in a liberation-city yet failed to attain mokṣa; the scene carries a sense of sacred mystery and moral seriousness.
FAQs
A sacred place is not a substitute for inner qualification and dharma; the Purāṇas often probe the true causes behind liberation.
Māyāpurī is called a mukti-purī (city of liberation), invoked to discuss the doctrine of liberation in sacred places.
None; it is a doctrinal question about mokṣa and its causes.