Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
गणनादिवसादवार्ङ्ममभक्तजनैःप्रिये । प्रतिष्ठितानि यानीह तेषां संख्या न विद्यते
gaṇanādivasādavārṅmamabhaktajanaiḥpriye | pratiṣṭhitāni yānīha teṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate
يا حبيبتي، منذ اليوم الذي بدأ فيه العدّ، كان عبّادي يثبتون اللِنْغات هنا؛ لذلك لا يُعرَف عددُ ما كُرِّسَ وأُقيم في هذا الموضع.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (priye)
Scene: Śiva tells Pārvatī that since counting began, devotees have continuously established liṅgas in Kāśī, making their number unknowable—suggesting a timeless stream of pilgrims and consecrations.
FAQs
Continuous devotion across ages makes Kāśī’s sanctity ever-expanding; the kṣetra is shaped by unbroken bhakti.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly, as the perennial home of devotees’ consecrations.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is referenced as an ongoing devotional act, but no procedural details are given.