यैर्लिंगं सकृदप्यत्र पूजितं पार्वतीपतेः । कुतो दुःखभयं तेषां संसारे दुःखभाजने
yairliṃgaṃ sakṛdapyatra pūjitaṃ pārvatīpateḥ | kuto duḥkhabhayaṃ teṣāṃ saṃsāre duḥkhabhājane
أمّا الذين عبدوا هنا، ولو مرةً واحدة، لِنْغا ربِّ بارفتي، فكيف يخافون الحزن في هذا العالم، وهو وعاءُ المعاناة؟
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta (Pārvatīpati-liṅga worship)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A trembling householder approaches a Kāśī liṅga shrine; after a single offering, his posture relaxes into calm, while shadowy forms of sorrow recede into the background of the bustling ghāṭ.
A single sincere act of Śiva-liṅga worship grants inner fearlessness, even amid the inevitable pains of saṃsāra.
Kāśī, indicated by ‘here’ (atra) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s praise of liṅga worship.
Pūjā of the liṅga of Pārvatīpati (Śiva), even once.