Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
संपूज्य परया भक्त्या न नरो गर्भमाविशेत् । सौम्यस्थानादिहायातो भगवान्कुक्कुटेश्वरः
saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā na naro garbhamāviśet | saumyasthānādihāyāto bhagavānkukkuṭeśvaraḥ
Khi đã phụng thờ với lòng sùng kính tối thượng, người ấy không còn phải vào thai lần nữa (không tái sinh). Từ Saumyasthāna, Đức Bhagavān Kukkuṭeśvara đã đến nơi này.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kukkuṭeśvara (in Kāśī)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees offer intense, focused worship to Kukkuṭeśvara; the atmosphere is inward and liberative, with the verse’s promise ‘not entering the womb again’ hovering like a benediction.
FAQs
Wholehearted devotion and complete worship at Kāśī’s Śaiva shrines is praised as a direct cause of liberation from rebirth.
Kukkuṭeśvara in Kāśī, said to have come from Saumyasthāna.
Saṃpūjā—complete, devoted worship (parā-bhakti) of Kukkuṭeśvara.