मंदराद्रिगतेनापि क्षेत्रं नैतत्पिनाकिना । विमुक्तं लिंगरूपेण अविमुक्तमतः स्मृतम्
maṃdarādrigatenāpi kṣetraṃ naitatpinākinā | vimuktaṃ liṃgarūpeṇa avimuktamataḥ smṛtam
ମନ୍ଦର ପର୍ବତକୁ ଗଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପିନାକୀ (ଶିବ) ଏହି କ୍ଷେତ୍ରକୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ଲିଙ୍ଗରୂପେ ଏହା ଅତ୍ୟଜିତ ନ ହେବାରୁ, ତେଣୁ ଏହା ‘ଅବିମୁକ୍ତ’—କେବେ ନ ଛାଡ଼ାଯାଇଥିବା—ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (typical frame; not stated in verse)
Scene: Śiva with Pināka bow departing toward Mandara while a luminous liṅga remains in Kāśī, anchoring the city; a visual split-scene showing ‘movement’ and ‘non-abandonment’ simultaneously.
Kāśī’s holiness is grounded in Śiva’s unbroken presence; the divine does not abandon the liberating field.
Avimukta Kṣetra—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), defined as the place never abandoned by Śiva.
No direct prescription; the verse implies liṅga-worship as the mode through which Śiva remains present in the kṣetra.