Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
अथ संक्षीणपापास्ते कालभैरवदर्शनात् । इहैव देहिनो भूत्वा मुच्यंते ते ममाज्ञया
atha saṃkṣīṇapāpāste kālabhairavadarśanāt | ihaiva dehino bhūtvā mucyaṃte te mamājñayā
मग कालभैरवदर्शनाने त्यांची पापे क्षीण होतात। ते इथेच देहधारी होऊन माझ्या आज्ञेने मुक्त होतात।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kālabhairava (Kāśī-kṣetrapāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame (contextual)
Scene: Kālabhairava’s fierce yet protective presence: garlanded, with dog-vāhana, trident and drum; before him, formerly tormented beings regain embodied form and are released, the nooses loosening and faces turning serene.
FAQs
Darśana of Kālabhairava is portrayed as a powerful purifier; grace and divine ordinance complete the path to release.
Kāśī/Avimukta, specifically through Kālabhairava’s salvific presence.
The implied practice is Kālabhairava-darśana (seeking the deity’s vision) as a purificatory act.