Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
यस्तु विश्वेवरं दृष्ट्वा ह्यन्यत्रापि विपद्यते । तस्य जन्मांतरे मोक्षो भवत्येव न संशयः
yastu viśvevaraṃ dṛṣṭvā hyanyatrāpi vipadyate | tasya janmāṃtare mokṣo bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
Mas se alguém, tendo tido o darśana de Viśveśvara, vier a sofrer infortúnio noutro lugar, para ele a libertação (mokṣa) certamente surgirá em outro nascimento—sem dúvida alguma.
Skanda (deduced: doctrinal assurance about mokṣa tied to Viśveśvara darśana in Kāśī)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya interlocutor(s)
Scene: A devotee receives darśana of Viśveśvara; later, amid a storm of worldly misfortune in another land, a subtle Śiva-light protects the inner self; the final vignette shows liberation in a later birth.
FAQs
Darśana of Viśveśvara in Kāśī is so spiritually decisive that even later suffering cannot nullify its liberating trajectory.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) through the salvific darśana of Viśveśvara.
Receiving Viśveśvara’s darśana (seeing the Lord) as a core pilgrimage act linked to eventual mokṣa.