Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
अविमुक्त समं क्षेत्रमपि ब्रह्मांडगोलके । न विद्यते क्वचित्सत्यं सत्यं साधकसिद्धिदम्
avimukta samaṃ kṣetramapi brahmāṃḍagolake | na vidyate kvacitsatyaṃ satyaṃ sādhakasiddhidam
ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡಗೋಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಿಮುಕ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಸಮಾನವಾದ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ—ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ, ಸತ್ಯ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಇದು ಸಾಧಕರಿಗೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: the brahmāṇḍa as a sphere with countless tīrthas, yet Avimukta shines at the center like a radiant bindu; sādhakas meditate, receiving siddhi as light descending from Śiva.
FAQs
Avimukta is proclaimed uniquely powerful: it accelerates spiritual accomplishment and stands unrivaled among holy places.
Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī).
None directly; it asserts the kṣetra’s intrinsic capacity to grant siddhi to practitioners.