Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
उच्चदेशेभवत्पूर्वं विमलो नाम बाहुजः । स प्राक्तनात्कर्मयोगाद्विमले पथ्यपि स्थितः
uccadeśebhavatpūrvaṃ vimalo nāma bāhujaḥ | sa prāktanātkarmayogādvimale pathyapi sthitaḥ
ಹಿಂದೆ ಒಂದು ಉನ್ನತ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಹುಜ ವಂಶದ ‘ವಿಮಲ’ ಎಂಬ ಪುರುಷನಿದ್ದನು. ಪೂರ್ವಕರ್ಮಯೋಗದ ಬಲದಿಂದ ‘ವಿಮಲ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿದ್ದರೂ ಕ್ಷೇಮಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತನು।
Skanda (continuing narration)
Listener: Muni (unnamed sage)
Scene: A man named Vimala of the Bāhuja lineage is introduced in a distant elevated land; the tone hints at karmic burden and an impending journey toward Kāśī for cure and purification.
FAQs
Human suffering is framed as karmically conditioned, setting the stage for tīrtha-based transformation through devotion and right practice.
The verse begins the backstory that culminates in Vimalāditya’s significance in Kāśī.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the karmic background for a forthcoming pilgrimage and worship narrative.