Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
चैत्रकृष्णप्रतिपदं समारभ्य प्रयत्नतः । आ चतुर्दशिपूज्यानि लिंगान्येतानि सत्तमैः
caitrakṛṣṇapratipadaṃ samārabhya prayatnataḥ | ā caturdaśipūjyāni liṃgānyetāni sattamaiḥ
“Beginning carefully from the first lunar day of the dark fortnight of Caitra, these Liṅgas are to be worshipped diligently up to the fourteenth day, by the best of devotees.”
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Caitra-kṛṣṇa Caturdaśa Mahāliṅga-pūjā (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni/sage audience (implied continuation)
Scene: A calendar-like procession: fourteen panels from pratipadā to caturdaśī, each showing a pilgrim offering water and bilva at a different Kāśī liṅga; a crescent moon wanes across the top to mark the dark fortnight of Caitra.
FAQs
Disciplined, day-by-day worship aligned with sacred time magnifies the merit of Kāśī pilgrimage.
Kāśī’s set of fourteen revered Śiva-liṅga shrines, worshipped as a unified circuit.
A timed observance: worship from Caitra dark-fortnight Pratipadā through Caturdaśī, performed with diligence by devotees.