[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.20.59 # Skandapurana 7.20.59 Skandapurāṇa 7.20.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.59) somasya devadevasya vārāṇasīkṣetre svakṛtadivyodyānadarśanam . śambhukṛtaṃ goprekṣeśvarakapilāhradabhadradohopaśāntaśiva- hiraṇyagarbheśvara svalīneśvaravyāghreśvara jyeṣṭhasthānāvimuktaśaileśvarasaṃgameśvaramadhyameśvaraśukreśvarajambukeśvarāvimukteśvara- vārāṇasījāhnavyādīnāṃ puṇyakṣetrāṇāṃ nāmanirvacanapūrvaka māhātmyakathanam . tadaiva pārvatyā pāśupatavratināṃ yogināṃ jyotirmaye ṣaḍviṃśe parasmin puruṣe layadarśanam . evaṃ svapuṇyasthānānyākhyāya śambhunā punaravimuktakṣetrasya (kāśyā) bhāgīrathyāśca vistareṇa māhātmyakathanam . > The God of gods, accompanied by the Moon, beholds the divine garden created by Himself in the sacred field of Vārāṇasī. The narration by Śambhu, accompanied by etymological explanations of the names, of the māhātmya of the sacred fields such as Goprekṣeśvara, Kapilāhrada, Bhadradoha, Upaśāntaśiva, Hiraṇyagarbheśvara, Svalīneśvara, Vyāghreśvara, the Jyeṣṭhasthāna, Avimukta, Śaileśvara, Saṅgameśvara, Madhyameśvara, Śukreśvara, Jambukeśvara, Avimukteśvara, Vārāṇasī, and Jāhnavī. At that very time, Pārvatī beholds the dissolution of the yogins observing the Pāśupata vow into the twenty-sixth Supreme Person consisting of light. Having thus spoken of His sacred places, Śambhu again narrates in detail the māhātmya of the Avimukta sacred field (Kāśī) and of the Bhāgīrathī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.58) - [Next: 7.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.60) - [Up: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.59) · Pramāṇa