Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
यत्र रत्नमयं लिंगमाविर्भूतं स्वयं मुने । तस्य स्फुरत्प्रभाजालैस्ततमंबरमंडलम्
yatra ratnamayaṃ liṃgamāvirbhūtaṃ svayaṃ mune | tasya sphuratprabhājālaistatamaṃbaramaṃḍalam
হে মুনি, য’ত সেই ৰতনময় লিঙ্গ স্বয়ং প্ৰকাশ পালে, তাত তাৰ ঝলমল প্ৰভাৰ জালেৰে সমগ্ৰ আকাশমণ্ডল বিস্তৃত হৈ পৰিল।
Narrator (contextual; Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse tradition)
Tirtha: Svayaṃbhū Ratna-liṅga at Śaileśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (explicitly addressed)
Scene: The jewel-liṅga emits interlacing beams; the sky dome above is filled with a net of shimmering light, as if a celestial canopy has been woven from gem-flashes.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is marked by divine self-manifestation and an atmosphere transformed by sacred radiance.
The Śaileśvara Liṅga-site in Kāśī, portrayed as a svayaṃbhū manifestation.
No direct prescription; the verse functions as māhātmya—establishing the site’s miraculous sign (radiant theophany).