Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
इत्येवमुक्तेपि तदा मखमूर्तेरजस्य हि । नाज्ञानमगमन्नाशं श्रीकंठस्यैव मायया
ityevamuktepi tadā makhamūrterajasya hi | nājñānamagamannāśaṃ śrīkaṃṭhasyaiva māyayā
یوں کہے جانے کے باوجود، اُس وقت یَجْیَہ کی صورت والے اَج (اَجنما) کی جہالت ختم نہ ہوئی، کیونکہ یہ صرف شری کنٹھ کی مایا کے سبب تھا۔
Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: audience of the कथा; within story, refers to Aja’s state
Scene: Despite the luminous teaching, a subtle veil remains over the ‘Unborn’ described as sacrifice-formed; Śiva’s māyā is suggested as a translucent curtain, conveying that realization is not automatic.
FAQs
Scriptural instruction alone may not dissolve delusion when divine māyā is operative; humility and grace are essential for true awakening.
This is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa doctrinal-narrative sequence; it supports Kāśī’s Śaiva worldview but does not name a particular tirtha.
No prescription; it references makha (sacrifice) as an identity-marker and contrasts ritual stature with persistent ignorance.