Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
इत्येतदुत्तमं क्षेत्रमविमुक्ते महाफलम् । मणिकर्णी ह्रदे स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा विश्वेश्वरंविभुम्
ityetaduttamaṃ kṣetramavimukte mahāphalam | maṇikarṇī hrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā viśveśvaraṃvibhum
अशा प्रकारे अविमुक्त हे उत्तम क्षेत्र महाफलदायी आहे। मणिकर्णी ह्रदात स्नान करून आणि सर्वव्यापी विश्वेश्वर प्रभूचे दर्शन घेतल्यास (महापुण्य प्राप्त होते)।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta Kṣetra; Maṇikarṇī Hrada; Viśveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim approaches the Maṇikarṇī pool at dawn, performs ablutions, then proceeds through narrow lanes to behold Viśveśvara, the all-pervading Lord, amid lamps, bells, and flowing Gaṅgā presence.
FAQs
Avimukta’s greatness is accessed through tīrtha-bathing and Śiva-darśana, yielding profound spiritual fruit.
Maṇikarṇī (tīrtha/pool) and Viśveśvara in Avimukta (Kāśī).
Snāna (bathing) in Maṇikarṇī-hrada and darśana (seeing/worshipful audience) of Viśveśvara.