Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
आदिकेशवनाम्नीं तां श्रीमूर्तिं पारमेश्वरीम् । संपूज्य मर्त्यो वैकुंठं मन्यते स्वगृहांगणम्
ādikeśavanāmnīṃ tāṃ śrīmūrtiṃ pārameśvarīm | saṃpūjya martyo vaikuṃṭhaṃ manyate svagṛhāṃgaṇam
‘ആദികേശവ’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള ആ പരമേശ്വരീ ശ്രീമൂർത്തിയെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം സമ്പൂജിച്ചാൽ, മർത്ത്യനും തന്റെ വീട്ടുമുറ്റം പോലും വൈകുണ്ഠമെന്നു കരുതുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Ādikeśava
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee worships the radiant Ādikeśava mūrti; the scene dissolves into a vision where the devotee’s simple home courtyard appears as Vaikuṇṭha—celestial architecture, garlands, and divine light overlaying the mundane.
FAQs
True worship sanctifies ordinary life—devotion can transform one’s own dwelling into the felt presence of the divine realm.
The Ādikeśava shrine-circuit in Kāśī, whose worship grants Vaikuṇṭha-like sanctity.
Full worship (saṃpūjā) of the Ādikeśava mūrti.