Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
अविमुक्तेश नामापि श्रुत्वा जन्मार्जितादघात् । क्षणान्मुक्तो भवेन्मर्त्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा
avimukteśa nāmāpi śrutvā janmārjitādaghāt | kṣaṇānmukto bhavenmartyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
‘अविमुक्तेश’ हे नाव जरी ऐकले तरी मनुष्य जन्मोजन्मी साचलेल्या पापांतून क्षणात मुक्त होतो; याविषयी विचार करण्याची गरज नाही।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukteśa (name-mahātmyā within Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee hears ‘Avimukteśa’ from a reciter; dark karmic stains dissolve like smoke, replaced by a calm radiance, suggesting instantaneous release.
FAQs
The divine name itself is salvific; śravaṇa (hearing) of Avimukteśa is said to shatter accumulated sin and grant release.
Kāśī’s Avimukta sphere, via the power of the name Avimukteśa associated with that kṣetra.
Nāma-śravaṇa (hearing the sacred name) is the implied practice.