Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
त्वमेव निर्वाणपद प्रदोसि त्वमेव निर्वाणमनंतशक्ते । त्वमात्मरूपः परमात्मरूपस्त्वमंतरात्मासि चराचरस्य
tvameva nirvāṇapada pradosi tvameva nirvāṇamanaṃtaśakte | tvamātmarūpaḥ paramātmarūpastvamaṃtarātmāsi carācarasya
ଅନନ୍ତଶକ୍ତେ! ନିର୍ବାଣପଦ ପ୍ରଦାନକାରୀ କେବଳ ତୁମେ; ନିର୍ବାଣ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁମେ। ତୁମେ ଆତ୍ମସ୍ୱରୂପ, ପରମାତ୍ମସ୍ୱରୂପ; ଚରାଚର ସମସ୍ତ ଜଗତର ଅନ୍ତରାତ୍ମା ତୁମେ ହେଉଛ।
Dharma (Yama/Dharmarāja)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as a vast, tranquil presence pervading all—moving beings and still objects—while a devotee realizes that nirvāṇa is not elsewhere; the city of Kāśī appears as a living mandala within that presence.
FAQs
Liberation is not merely granted by Śiva—Śiva is liberation, the indwelling Self of all existence.
Kāśī is implicitly upheld as the mokṣa-kṣetra where Śiva’s liberating presence as antarātman is especially celebrated.
No explicit rite; the verse functions as a mokṣa-oriented stotra (devotional praise).