Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
उपोष्यभूतांयांकांचिन्न नरो गर्भभाक्पुनः । स्वर्गमार्गे कथामित्थं शृण्वन्विष्णुगणोदिताम्
upoṣyabhūtāṃyāṃkāṃcinna naro garbhabhākpunaḥ | svargamārge kathāmitthaṃ śṛṇvanviṣṇugaṇoditām
Ao observar jejum em qualquer ocasião sagrada como essa, o homem não torna a entrar no ventre. Assim, seguindo pela senda do céu, ele ouve este relato proclamado pelos servidores de Viṣṇu.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī (vrata occasion connected to Īśāneśvara worship)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (frame)
Scene: A devotee fasting; then a subtle after-death tableau: the soul moving on a luminous path to svarga, accompanied by Viṣṇu’s attendants (Viṣṇu-gaṇas) reciting the sacred account; the womb-cycle is shown as broken chains or a closed lotus-bud motif.
FAQs
Fasting with faith yields liberation from repeated birth and leads toward heavenly attainment.
The broader Kāśī sacred framework where such vratas bear exceptional fruit (implicit in context).
Upavāsa (fasting) on the stated sacred observance/tithi.