Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
नादेशः परमं ब्रह्म नादेशः परमा गतिः । नादेशः परमं स्थानं दुःखसंसारमोचनम्
nādeśaḥ paramaṃ brahma nādeśaḥ paramā gatiḥ | nādeśaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ duḥkhasaṃsāramocanam
നാദേശൻ തന്നെയാണ് പരബ്രഹ്മം; നാദേശൻ തന്നെയാണ് പരമഗതി. നാദേശൻ തന്നെയാണ് പരമസ്ഥാനം; ദുഃഖസంసാരത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള മോചനം.
Śiva (deduced, continuity with prior first-person identification of Nādeśa)
Tirtha: Nādeśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: A radiant liṅga labeled Nādeśa stands as a cosmic axis; behind it, an abstract vision of Brahman—light, Oṃ, and boundless space—while devotees bow in silent peace.
FAQs
The deity of the sthala (Nādeśa/Śiva) is proclaimed as the very Absolute and the direct means to liberation.
The Nādeśa presence/shrine associated with Matsyodarī in Kāśī (as established in the surrounding verses).
No specific rite is named; the verse emphasizes salvific darśana/bhakti toward Nādeśa as mokṣa-giving.