Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
कृत्तिवासेश्वरे लिंगे लभ्यस्त्वेकेन जन्मना । पृर्वजन्मकृतं पापं तपोदानादिभिः शनैः । नश्येत्सद्यो विनश्येत कृत्तिवासे श्वरेक्षणात्
kṛttivāseśvare liṃge labhyastvekena janmanā | pṛrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tapodānādibhiḥ śanaiḥ | naśyetsadyo vinaśyeta kṛttivāse śvarekṣaṇāt
কৃত্তিবাসেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গত একেটা জন্মতেই (মোক্ষ) লাভযোগ্য। পূৰ্বজন্মৰ পাপ তপ, দান আদি দ্বাৰা ধীৰে ধীৰে নাশ হয়; কিন্তু কৃত্তিবাসেশ্বৰক মাত্ৰ দৰ্শন কৰিলেই তৎক্ষণাৎ বিনষ্ট হয়।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī or a sage interlocutor (contextual)
Scene: A split-time depiction: on one side, ascetics performing long tapas and donors giving gifts; on the other, a devotee simply beholds the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga and a dark cloud of ‘pāpa’ dissolves instantly into light.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Kṛttivāseśvara is exalted as granting swift purification and even one-lifetime attainment compared to slower disciplines.
Kṛttivāseśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.
Darśana (beholding) is highlighted; tapas and dāna are acknowledged as gradual means.