Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
विष्णोः सदुपदेशाच्च मामेव शरणं गतः । निर्वाणलक्ष्मीः प्राप्तेह हित्वा राज्यश्रियं चलाम्
viṣṇoḥ sadupadeśācca māmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | nirvāṇalakṣmīḥ prāpteha hitvā rājyaśriyaṃ calām
വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ സദുപദേശത്താൽ അവൻ എന്നെയേ ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ചു; ചഞ്ചലമായ രാജശ്രീ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് ഇവിടെ തന്നെ നിർവാണലക്ഷ്മി—മോക്ഷസമ്പത്ത്—ലഭിച്ചു।
Śiva (deduced from Kāśī-khaṇḍa Avimukta/Viśvanātha context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditional frame)
Scene: Viṣṇu, as compassionate teacher, instructs Divodāsa; the king turns toward Śiva with folded hands, letting go of crown and royal emblems; a luminous ‘nirvāṇa-lakṣmī’ aura surrounds him in Kāśī.
FAQs
True wealth is liberation; even royal power becomes insignificant when one takes refuge in the Supreme through right guidance.
Kāśī/Avimukta is implied as the ‘here’ where liberation’s blessing is said to be attained.
No external ritual; the prescription is śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and tyāga (renunciation of unstable worldly splendor).