Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 166
पुर्यां यक्षेश्वराणां ते स्वरूपमिति वर्णितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो नरो मुच्येदसंशयम्
puryāṃ yakṣeśvarāṇāṃ te svarūpamiti varṇitam | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo naro mucyedasaṃśayam
இந்தப் புண்ணியப் புரியில் யக்ஷேஸ்வரர்களின் உண்மையான ஸ்வரூபம் உனக்குச் சொல்லப்பட்டது. இதைக் கேட்டால் மனிதன் ஐயமின்றி எல்லாப் பாவங்களிலிருந்தும் விடுபடுவான்.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred narrator completes the description of the Yakṣeśvaras’ true nature in Kāśī; listeners sit in reverent stillness as the city’s sanctity is implied to wash away sins through hearing alone.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of Kāśī’s sacred accounts itself becomes a purifier that destroys sin and leads toward liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred city where Yakṣeśvara-related greatness is recounted.
No external rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is hearing the sacred description with faith.