श्मशानानां च सर्वेषां श्मशानं परमं महत् । पीठानां परमं पीठमूषराणां महोषरम्
śmaśānānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śmaśānaṃ paramaṃ mahat | pīṭhānāṃ paramaṃ pīṭhamūṣarāṇāṃ mahoṣaram
‘تمام شمشانوں میں یہ سب سے برتر اور عظیم شمشان ہے؛ تمام پیٹھوں میں یہ اعلیٰ ترین پیٹھ ہے؛ اور تمام بنجر زمینوں میں یہ مہا اُوسر ہے۔’
Kumbhayoni (Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī) as supreme Śmaśāna/Pīṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya continues: Kāśī shown as a luminous cremation ground—pyres at the riverbank, yet suffused with sacred light; a ‘pīṭha’ seat motif (lotus-throne/yantra) overlays the scene, expressing paradoxical auspiciousness.
Kāśī’s holiness is portrayed through paradox: even ‘cremation ground’ imagery becomes a sign of liberation and transcendence under Śiva’s presence.
Avimukta/Kāśī as the supreme sacred seat and the paradigmatic śmaśāna of Śaiva liberation.
None explicitly; it is a mahātmya-style exaltation of the place.