Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
न जातु जायते जंतोः कलुषस्य समुद्भवः । एतेषां शुभलिंगानां ज्येष्ठस्थानेति पावने
na jātu jāyate jaṃtoḥ kaluṣasya samudbhavaḥ | eteṣāṃ śubhaliṃgānāṃ jyeṣṭhasthāneti pāvane
Nơi người gắn kết với những điều ấy, ô uế chẳng bao giờ sinh khởi; bởi các liṅga cát tường này an vị tại chốn tối thượng thanh tịnh mang danh Jyeṣṭhasthāna.
Skanda (contextual)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāmune (sage interlocutor)
Scene: A serene vision of Kāśī’s Jyeṣṭhasthāna: multiple auspicious liṅgas arranged in a sanctified precinct, with devotees approaching in calm reverence; the atmosphere suggests innate purity and protection from defilement.
FAQs
Association with Kāśī’s auspicious liṅgas—especially at Jyeṣṭhasthāna—is portrayed as inherently purifying.
Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as a particularly purifying sacred locus.
No specific rite is listed; the verse emphasizes the purificatory power of the place and its liṅgas.