Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
क्लेशितास्ते गणैरुग्रैर्यातनाभिः समंततः । इत्थं कालमसंख्यातमानीयंते ततस्त्विह
kleśitāste gaṇairugrairyātanābhiḥ samaṃtataḥ | itthaṃ kālamasaṃkhyātamānīyaṃte tatastviha
Sa gayon, sa lahat ng panig ay pinahihirapan sila ng mababangis na mga tagapaglingkod sa sari-saring parusa; sa di-mabilang na haba ng panahon sila’y pinananatiling nagdurusa, at pagkaraan ay dinadala rito, sa banal na nasasakupan.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A procession of suffering beings driven by fierce attendants through a dark liminal corridor, then approaching a radiant sacred boundary marked by Śiva-emblems and protective guardians.
FAQs
Karmic wrongdoing leads to prolonged suffering, yet the narrative points toward a sacred ‘here’ where a turning-point becomes possible.
Kāśī/Avimukta is implied as the sacred sphere into which beings are ultimately brought for a decisive spiritual outcome.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse sets the karmic and sacred-geographic context for what follows.