Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
एकैकस्यास्य लिंगस्य महिमाद्यंत वर्जितः । मयैव ज्ञायते देवि सम्यङ्नान्येन केनचित्
ekaikasyāsya liṃgasya mahimādyaṃta varjitaḥ | mayaiva jñāyate devi samyaṅnānyena kenacit
يا إلهة، إن عظمة كلِّ لِنگا من هذه اللِّينغات، التي لا بداية لها ولا نهاية، لا يعرفها على وجهها الصحيح إلا أنا، ولا أحد سواي.
Śiva (explicitly addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Each Mahāliṅga of Kāśī (within the Caturdaśa set)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, gesturing toward multiple liṅgas receding into infinity like a luminous corridor; each liṅga bears a distinct aura, suggesting immeasurable greatness beyond human counting.
FAQs
Sacred reality exceeds ordinary description; the full measure of Kāśī’s Liṅga-glory is ultimately divine and infinite.
Kāśī’s liṅgāvali, especially the fourteen great Liṅgas whose glory is said to be boundless.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the immeasurable sanctity underlying the pilgrimage and worship.