Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
न तथोज्झितदेहयातया मम दक्षोद्भवयामनोऽदुनोत् । अविमुक्तवियोगजन्मनापरि दूयेत यथा महोष्मणा
na tathojjhitadehayātayā mama dakṣodbhavayāmano'dunot | avimuktaviyogajanmanāpari dūyeta yathā mahoṣmaṇā
Ngay cả nỗi khổ khi ái nữ của Dakṣa lìa bỏ thân xác cũng không hành hạ tâm ta đến thế. Nay ta bị thiêu đốt bởi nỗi đau sinh từ sự ly biệt với Avimukta, như vật bị sức nóng dữ dội hằn cháy khắp bề.
Śiva
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s audience within the frame narrative
Scene: Śiva compares two griefs: Satī’s self-immolation grief versus the present scorching separation from Avimukta; the imagery is of being seared on all sides by fierce heat.
FAQs
Avimukta (Kāśī) is presented as Śiva’s own unfailing abode; separation from it is depicted as more unbearable than cosmic grief, underscoring its supreme sanctity.
Avimukta-kṣetra, identified with Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the ‘never-abandoned’ sacred field of Śiva.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a mahātmya-intensifier by portraying Avimukta as the highest refuge.