Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
देवदेव जगन्नाथ सर्वभक्ताभयप्रद । कुतस्त्यमेतल्लिंगं द्विसप्तपातालमूलवत्
devadeva jagannātha sarvabhaktābhayaprada | kutastyametalliṃgaṃ dvisaptapātālamūlavat
O God of gods, Lord of the world, bestower of fearlessness upon all devotees—whence has this Liṅga arisen, as though rooted down to the fourteen nether realms?
Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Śaileśvara Ratna-liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni / sages
Scene: Pārvatī addresses Śiva with folded hands, pointing toward the towering jewel-liṅga; beneath it, an imaginative cutaway shows roots descending through layered pātālas, while above it radiance rises skyward.
FAQs
The Liṅga signifies Śiva’s immeasurable foundation—beyond ordinary origins and spanning the cosmos.
Śaileśvara in Kāśī, whose Liṅga is depicted with cosmic depth and stability.
None; the verse is an inquiry that frames the forthcoming māhātmya explanation.