Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
ततः सर्वं परित्यज्य कृत्वा मनसि निश्चयम् । आनंदकाननं याहि यत्र विश्वेश्वरः स्वयम्
tataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā manasi niścayam | ānaṃdakānanaṃ yāhi yatra viśveśvaraḥ svayam
Vậy hãy buông bỏ mọi sự, lập chí nguyện kiên cố trong lòng, mà đi đến Ānandakānana—nơi chính Viśveśvara tự thân hiện diện.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Ānandakānana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed seeker who fears sin and seeks effective sādhana
Scene: A pilgrim leaves behind worldly bundles at the edge of the sacred grove and walks toward a radiant Viśveśvara shrine amid flowering trees; the grove itself seems luminous, embodying ‘ānanda’.
FAQs
True purification is joined to decisive inner resolve and turning toward Kāśī’s living presence of Viśveśvara.
Ānandakānana in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), associated with Viśveśvara (Śiva).
A pilgrimage instruction is given: go to Ānandakānana with firm resolve (external journey aligned with inner renunciation).