Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
कैवल्यं यत्परं ब्रह्म निराकारमगोचरम् । तं पुं मूर्त्या परिणतं भक्तानां भक्तिहेतुतः
kaivalyaṃ yatparaṃ brahma nirākāramagocaram | taṃ puṃ mūrtyā pariṇataṃ bhaktānāṃ bhaktihetutaḥ
那至上的梵——即解脱本身——无相而超越诸根所及；为令信众得以生起并安住于奉爱（bhakti），同一真实亦示现为具相之身。
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A metaphysical tableau: the formless Brahman suggested as vast luminous space, from which the Lord’s compassionate embodied form emerges, facing devotees; the contrast between nirākāra radiance and saguṇa icon is central.
FAQs
The transcendent, formless Absolute compassionately becomes approachable through form, so devotion can arise and mature into liberation.
No single site is named; the verse provides a theological summit within the Kāśī tīrtha narrative context.
No explicit prescription; the verse legitimizes mūrti-upāsanā (worship/meditation on divine form) as a valid path for devotees.