Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
सर्वं परित्यज्य रवे यो लिंगं शरणं गतः । न तं पापानि बाधंते महांत्यपि दिवाकर
sarvaṃ parityajya rave yo liṃgaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | na taṃ pāpāni bādhaṃte mahāṃtyapi divākara
Hỡi Ravi, ai từ bỏ mọi sự mà nương tựa nơi liṅga, thì các tội lỗi—dẫu lớn lao—cũng không thể quấy nhiễu người ấy, hỡi Đấng tạo nên ban ngày.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta (liṅga-śaraṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At sunrise on a Kāśī ghāṭ, a devotee renounces possessions and bows to a liṅga shrine; the Sun overhead shines as witness while dark chains labeled 'pāpa' break and fall away.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati—total surrender to Śiva symbolized by the liṅga—overpowers even the gravest sins.
Kāśī is the contextual frame (Kāśīkhaṇḍa) where refuge in Śiva is praised as supremely purifying.
Not a detailed rite; it prescribes śaraṇa-gamana—taking refuge in the liṅga (devotional surrender), which can be expressed through regular liṅga-pūjā and remembrance.