Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्य संस्मरणादेव यल्लिंगस्य विलोकनात् । यल्लिंगप्रणतेश्चापि यस्य संस्पर्शनादपि
yasya saṃsmaraṇādeva yalliṃgasya vilokanāt | yalliṃgapraṇateścāpi yasya saṃsparśanādapi
যে লিঙ্গের কেবল স্মরণে, তার দর্শনে, তাকে প্রণাম করলে, এবং তার স্পর্শেও (পরম কল্যাণ লাভ হয়)।
Pārvatī (implicit continuation from 28.1–2)
Tirtha: Ānandakānana-liṅga (to be identified)
Type: temple
Scene: A four-panel devotional sequence around a Kāśī liṅga: a devotee remembering, then seeing the liṅga, then bowing, then touching the liṅga with reverence.
FAQs
Devotional contact with the sacred—mental, visual, physical—are all honored as efficacious paths to merit.
A preeminent liṅga in Ānandakānana is being praised by its transformative modes of access.
Smaraṇa (remembrance), Darśana (seeing), Praṇāma (bowing), and Sparśa (touching) are listed as devotional acts.