Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
सर्वेभ्यः कारणेभ्यश्च परात्परतरं परम् । आनंदं ब्रह्मणो रूपं श्रुतयो यत्प्रचक्षते
sarvebhyaḥ kāraṇebhyaśca parātparataraṃ param | ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutayo yatpracakṣate
وہ سب اسباب سے ماورا ہے، بلکہ جسے ‘ماورا’ کہا جائے اس سے بھی ماورا—وہی پرم ہے۔ شروتی اعلان کرتی ہے کہ آنند (سرور) ہی برہمن کی حقیقت و صورت ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (mokṣa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / internal Kāśī audience
Scene: An expansive, luminous depiction of bliss beyond causality: Kāśī’s skyline dissolving into a field of light, with a yogin in stillness by the Ganga.
FAQs
Ultimate reality transcends causality and is bliss itself—directing seekers toward liberation as fulfillment, not mere escape.
No explicit tirtha is mentioned; in Kāśī Khaṇḍa, such Brahman-teaching reinforces Kāśī’s reputation as a mokṣa-kṣetra.
None is stated.