Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
नादेशः परमं ब्रह्म नादेशः परमा गतिः । नादेशः परमं स्थानं दुःखसंसारमोचनम्
nādeśaḥ paramaṃ brahma nādeśaḥ paramā gatiḥ | nādeśaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ duḥkhasaṃsāramocanam
نادیش ہی برتر برہمن ہے؛ نادیش ہی اعلیٰ ترین منزل ہے۔ نادیش ہی اعلیٰ ترین دھام ہے، جو دکھ بھرے سنسار سے رہائی دیتا ہے۔
Śiva (deduced, continuity with prior first-person identification of Nādeśa)
Tirtha: Nādeśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: A radiant liṅga labeled Nādeśa stands as a cosmic axis; behind it, an abstract vision of Brahman—light, Oṃ, and boundless space—while devotees bow in silent peace.
FAQs
The deity of the sthala (Nādeśa/Śiva) is proclaimed as the very Absolute and the direct means to liberation.
The Nādeśa presence/shrine associated with Matsyodarī in Kāśī (as established in the surrounding verses).
No specific rite is named; the verse emphasizes salvific darśana/bhakti toward Nādeśa as mokṣa-giving.