Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्पुंसां ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । विलीयेत न संदेहो देहबंधोपि नो पुनः
talliṃgadarśanātpuṃsāṃ brahmahatyādipātakam | vilīyeta na saṃdeho dehabaṃdhopi no punaḥ
সেই লিঙ্গের দর্শনমাত্রেই মানুষের ব্রহ্মহত্যা প্রভৃতি পাপ নিশ্চয়ই লয়প্রাপ্ত হয়; এতে সন্দেহ নেই। দেহবন্ধনও আর ফিরে আসে না।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees behold the liṅga; a visual metaphor of sins dissolving—dark smoke-like forms dispersing into light; the liṅga radiates a calm, liberating aura, suggesting release from bodily bondage.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Śaiva sacred power is such that sincere darśana itself becomes liberating and sin-dissolving.
A specific liṅga in Kāśī (later identified as Pārvatīśa/Pārvatīśvara) is praised for its extraordinary darśana-fruit.
Darśana (reverent viewing/visitation) of the liṅga is presented as the efficacious practice.