Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
मुने चतुर्दशैतानि महांत्यायतनानि वै । एतेषामपि सेवातो नरो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
mune caturdaśaitāni mahāṃtyāyatanāni vai | eteṣāmapi sevāto naro mokṣamavāpnuyāt
ഹേ മുനേ! ഈ പതിനാലും സത്യമായും മഹത്തായ ആയതനങ്ങൾ (പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രങ്ങൾ) ആകുന്നു; ഇവയുടെ സേവാഭക്തിയാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced; addressing Agastya as 'mune')
Tirtha: Caturdaśa Mahāliṅgāyatana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (explicit: ‘mune’)
Scene: A sage addresses a gathered group of pilgrims, pointing to a garland-like ring of fourteen liṅga-shrines around a luminous Kāśī center; above, a calm radiance symbolizes mokṣa, with Śiva’s tranquil presence implied rather than anthropomorphic.
FAQs
Liberation is linked to humble service and sustained devotion at Kāśī’s great Śiva sanctuaries.
The collective pilgrimage network of the fourteen great Liṅga-abodes in Kāśī.
Sevā—reverent attendance, worship, and caretaking devotion toward these shrines—is prescribed as the effective practice.