Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
नामाविमुक्तमभवदुभयोः क्षेत्रलिंगयोः । एतद्द्वयं समासाद्य न भूयो गर्भभाग्भवेत्
nāmāvimuktamabhavadubhayoḥ kṣetraliṃgayoḥ | etaddvayaṃ samāsādya na bhūyo garbhabhāgbhavet
क्षेत्र आणि लिंग—दोघांनाही ‘अविमुक्त’ हे नाव प्राप्त झाले. हे द्वय (अविमुक्त-क्षेत्र व अविमुक्तेश्वर-लिंग) प्राप्त केल्यावर जीव पुन्हा गर्भभागी होत नाही, म्हणजे पुनर्जन्म होत नाही.
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra; Avimukteśvara-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A luminous sacred city-field labeled Avimukta, with a central ancient liṅga also named Avimukta; pilgrims approach, and a symbolic ‘wheel of rebirth’ dissolves behind them.
FAQs
Union with Avimukta-kṣetra and Avimukteśvara is presented as a direct cause of mokṣa—freedom from further rebirth.
Avimukta-kṣetra—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially the Avimukteśvara Liṅga.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on attaining/approaching the kṣetra and the liṅga as the liberating means.