Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
अपरः को वरो देयस्तव तं प्रार्थयाश्वहो । तवादेयं न मे किंचिल्लिंगार्चनरतस्य हि
aparaḥ ko varo deyastava taṃ prārthayāśvaho | tavādeyaṃ na me kiṃcilliṃgārcanaratasya hi
তোমাক আৰু কোন বৰ দিয়া উচিত? তৎক্ষণাৎ প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰা। লিঙ্গ-অৰ্চনত ৰত ভক্তৰ বাবে মোৰ ওচৰত অদেয় একো নাই।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate boon-giver leans forward, inviting the devotee to ask; the liṅga is freshly worshipped with bilva, flowers, and flowing abhiṣeka; the atmosphere is intimate and grace-filled.
FAQs
Liṅga-worship is praised as a direct path to divine favor; sincere Śaiva devotion makes grace abundant and unobstructed.
Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, Kāśī is upheld as the foremost Śaiva sacred space where Liṅga-worship is especially potent.
Liṅgārcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) is explicitly mentioned as the devotional practice associated with receiving boons.