Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
अथ संक्षीणपापास्ते कालभैरवदर्शनात् । इहैव देहिनो भूत्वा मुच्यंते ते ममाज्ञया
atha saṃkṣīṇapāpāste kālabhairavadarśanāt | ihaiva dehino bhūtvā mucyaṃte te mamājñayā
پھر کال بھیرَو کے دیدار سے اُن کے گناہ نِست ہو جاتے ہیں؛ وہ یہیں جسم دھار کر، میرے حکم سے رہائی پاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kālabhairava (Kāśī-kṣetrapāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame (contextual)
Scene: Kālabhairava’s fierce yet protective presence: garlanded, with dog-vāhana, trident and drum; before him, formerly tormented beings regain embodied form and are released, the nooses loosening and faces turning serene.
FAQs
Darśana of Kālabhairava is portrayed as a powerful purifier; grace and divine ordinance complete the path to release.
Kāśī/Avimukta, specifically through Kālabhairava’s salvific presence.
The implied practice is Kālabhairava-darśana (seeking the deity’s vision) as a purificatory act.