Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य महाभाग कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । नैःश्रेयस्याः श्रियोहेतुमविमुक्त समाश्रयाम्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | naiḥśreyasyāḥ śriyohetumavimukta samāśrayām
ಸ್ಕಂದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಹೇ ಮಹಾಭಾಗ್ಯ ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ! ಪಾಪಪ್ರಣಾಶಿನಿಯಾದ ಈ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳು; ಅವಿಮುಕ್ತವು ನೈಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಶ್ರಿಯ ಕಾರಣವೂ ಪರಮಾಶ್ರಯವೂ ಆಗಿದೆ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya directly, inviting him to listen; the atmosphere is didactic and devotional, with Agastya seated in attentive posture, surrounded by sages; a subtle icon of Kāśī (Gaṅgā, ghāṭas, liṅga) anchors the theme.
FAQs
Avimukta-centered remembrance and teaching is portrayed as a direct means to destroy sin and orient life toward liberation.
Avimukta in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Hearing (śravaṇa) of the Avimukta-kathā itself is presented as spiritually efficacious.