Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
उत्थाय देवोथ स शक्तिरीशस्तस्मिन्हि लिंगे कृतचारुपूजः । ययौ लयं ते च सुरा जयेति जयेति चोक्त्वा नुनुवुस्तमीशम्
utthāya devotha sa śaktirīśastasminhi liṃge kṛtacārupūjaḥ | yayau layaṃ te ca surā jayeti jayeti coktvā nunuvustamīśam
ثم إن الربَّ—مع شاكتيه—نهض وأقام عبادةً بهيّة عند ذلك اللِّينغا. وبعد ذلك دخلا السكون؛ والآلهةُ تهتف: «نصرٌ! نصرٌ!» وتمجّد ذلك الإله.
Narrator within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (contextual)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara Liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience; framed for the interlocutors of the Kāśī-māhātmya
Scene: Śiva and Śakti rise, approach the Liṅga, and perform an exquisite pūjā with flowers, bilva, incense, lamps; afterward, a hush of stillness descends while gods shower praise chanting ‘Jaya!’.
FAQs
The Liṅga is so supremely sacred that even Īśa with Śakti models worship there, and the devas respond with praise—affirming the site’s exalted status.
The Liṅga described in this Kāśī chapter (Viśveśvara context), within the Maṇikarṇikā–Ānandavana sacred geography.
Cāru-pūjā (beautiful/complete worship) of the Liṅga, followed by stuti (praise); it reinforces pūjā as the normative act in the kṣetra.