Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
एकैकस्यास्य लिंगस्य महिमाद्यंत वर्जितः । मयैव ज्ञायते देवि सम्यङ्नान्येन केनचित्
ekaikasyāsya liṃgasya mahimādyaṃta varjitaḥ | mayaiva jñāyate devi samyaṅnānyena kenacit
O Göttin, die Größe jedes einzelnen dieser Liṅgas — anfangs- und endlos — ist in rechter Weise nur mir bekannt und sonst niemandem.
Śiva (explicitly addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Each Mahāliṅga of Kāśī (within the Caturdaśa set)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, gesturing toward multiple liṅgas receding into infinity like a luminous corridor; each liṅga bears a distinct aura, suggesting immeasurable greatness beyond human counting.
FAQs
Sacred reality exceeds ordinary description; the full measure of Kāśī’s Liṅga-glory is ultimately divine and infinite.
Kāśī’s liṅgāvali, especially the fourteen great Liṅgas whose glory is said to be boundless.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the immeasurable sanctity underlying the pilgrimage and worship.