Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
स्कंद उवाच । सर्वज्योतिर्मयं लिंगं पुरतो वीक्ष्य वाङ्मयम् । सप्तपातालमुद्भिद्य स्थितं बृहदनुग्रहात
skaṃda uvāca | sarvajyotirmayaṃ liṃgaṃ purato vīkṣya vāṅmayam | saptapātālamudbhidya sthitaṃ bṛhadanugrahāta
Skanda sprach: Als er vor sich den aus allem Licht bestehenden Liṅga sah—jenseits der Sprache—aufgerichtet, als hätte er die sieben Pātālas durchstoßen, aus mächtiger Gnade.
Skanda
Tirtha: Jyotir-maya Liṅga in Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda narrates a vision: a colossal liṅga of pure light, ineffable, rising through the seven netherworlds like a cosmic pillar, stabilizing the worlds by grace.
FAQs
Śiva’s liṅga is the cosmic Light itself—transcending description—revealed by divine grace.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī as the place where the liṅga’s supreme light is encountered.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse centers on transformative darśana of the Jyotirliṅga.