Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
यत्र देवः सदा तिष्ठेत्संवर्तेऽपि स वल्लभः । यैरियं प्रथितिं प्राप्ता काशी मुक्तिपुरीति च
yatra devaḥ sadā tiṣṭhetsaṃvarte'pi sa vallabhaḥ | yairiyaṃ prathitiṃ prāptā kāśī muktipurīti ca
ഏത് (ലിംഗങ്ങളിൽ) ദേവൻ സദാ അധിവസിക്കുന്നുവോ—പ്രളയകാലത്തും അവ പ്രിയമായിരിക്കുമോ—അവയാലാണ് കാശിക്ക് ‘മുക്തിപുരി’ എന്ന പ്രസിദ്ധി ലഭിച്ചത്.
Devī (Pārvatī) (continuing inquiry/description)
Tirtha: Kāśī as Mukti-purī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Śiva stands unwavering in Kāśī while the cosmos dissolves in the background—waves of dissolution, darkened skies—yet the Avimukta zone remains luminous; the ‘mukti-purī’ banner is symbolically shown over the city.
FAQs
Kāśī’s mokṣa-power is grounded in Śiva’s perpetual presence; divine abiding makes the place uniquely liberating.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated as Mukti-purī due to Śiva’s abiding in particular liṅgas/sites.
Not explicit; the verse points to the importance of approaching the Śiva-abiding liṅgas for spiritual fruition.