Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
विश्वेशाद्वायुदिग्भागे शंकुकर्णेश्वरं नरः । संपूज्य न विशेदत्र घोरे संसारसागरे
viśveśādvāyudigbhāge śaṃkukarṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ | saṃpūjya na viśedatra ghore saṃsārasāgare
विश्वेशात् वायुदिग्भागे स्थितं शङ्कुकर्णेश्वरं नरः सम्यगर्चयित्वा, घोरेऽस्मिन् संसारसागरे पुनर्न न विशेत्।
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śaṃkukarṇeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: A stylized map-like scene: Viśveśa at the center like a radiant axis, with a path leading to Śaṃkukarṇeśvara in the vāyu quarter; the pilgrim’s worship causes a dark ocean labeled ‘saṃsāra’ to recede.
FAQs
Proper worship in Kāśī, aligned with its sacred geography, is taught as a path beyond saṃsāra.
Śaṃkukarṇeśvara in Kāśī, described as located northwest (Vāyu quarter) of Viśveśa/Viśvanātha.
Saṃpūjā—duly worshipping Śaṃkukarṇeśvara.