सहस्रभागः प्रथमा द्वितीयोनुक्रमात्तथा । सर्व एते महाभागा यावन्मुक्ति समाश्रयाः
sahasrabhāgaḥ prathamā dvitīyonukramāttathā | sarva ete mahābhāgā yāvanmukti samāśrayāḥ
O primeiro tem uma porção mil vezes maior; o segundo também, conforme a devida ordem. Todos esses graus afortunados prosseguem, passo a passo, até o refúgio da libertação (mokṣa).
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kumbhaja (Agastya)
Scene: A symbolic scale or ladder of light: each rung labeled with a class of beings and a ‘share’ of dharma, culminating in a radiant gateway marked ‘mukti’.
It presents spiritual life as graded progress, with increasing ‘share’ or excellence culminating in mokṣa.
Kāśī is the implied mokṣa-kṣetra context in which liberation is the stated culmination.
None; it is a conceptual description of ordered ascent toward liberation.