Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
महारुद्रजपासक्तः सुत्रामाथ त्रिलोचनम् । ददर्श लिंगमध्यस्थं स्वभासा दीपितांबरम्
mahārudrajapāsaktaḥ sutrāmātha trilocanam | dadarśa liṃgamadhyasthaṃ svabhāsā dīpitāṃbaram
মহাৰুদ্ৰ মন্ত্রজপত আসক্ত হৈ ইন্দ্ৰে তেতিয়া ত্ৰিলোচন প্ৰভুক দৰ্শন কৰিলে—লিঙ্গৰ মধ্যত প্ৰকাশিত, নিজ জ্যোতিয়ে দিশসমূহ আলোকিত।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharmeśvara liṅga (Dharmapīṭha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, absorbed in Mahārudra japa, beholds Trilocana within the liṅga; Śiva’s own radiance lights the quarters, making the shrine glow like a pillar of light.
FAQs
Mantra-japa ripens into direct vision (darśana) of Śiva, who reveals Himself as self-luminous within the liṅga.
The Dharmaśvara liṅga context within Kāśī’s sacred geography (as developed in this adhyāya).
Mahārudra-mantra japa as a focused sādhana leading to Śiva’s darśana.