Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
पुलहेश पुलस्त्येशौ स्वर्गद्वारस्य पश्चिमे । तौ दृष्ट्वा मनुजो लोके प्राजापत्ये महीयते
pulaheśa pulastyeśau svargadvārasya paścime | tau dṛṣṭvā manujo loke prājāpatye mahīyate
পুলহেশ আৰু পুলস্ত্যেশ স্বৰ্গদ্বাৰৰ পশ্চিমে আছে। সেই দুয়োটাক দৰ্শন কৰিলে মানুহ প্ৰাজাপত্য লোকত সন্মানিত হয়।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Pulaheśa; Pulastyeśa (Svargadvāra-paścima)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A western approach from Svargadvāra: two small adjacent Śiva shrines—Pulaheśa and Pulastyeśa—stand like guardians; pilgrims move between them with lamps; the atmosphere is liminal, with the sense of a ‘gate’ nearby.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred landscape is a ladder of merit: darśana of named liṅgas grants honor and elevated post-mortem attainments.
Svargadvāra in Kāśī and, to its west, the liṅgas Pulaheśa and Pulastyeśa.
Darśana of the two liṅgas (Pulaheśa and Pulastyeśa) is the stated observance and source of merit.