Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
आनिनाय च तत्रैव सोप्य नन्निर्गतस्ततः । अथ विज्ञाय स मुनिस्तत्त्वं जीवितसूचितम्
ānināya ca tatraiva sopya nannirgatastataḥ | atha vijñāya sa munistattvaṃ jīvitasūcitam
It brought it right there, and it did not move away from that spot. Then the sage understood the truth being indicated—concerning the cause of life’s preservation.
Skanda (narration within Skanda–Agastya frame; deduced)
Tirtha: Gupta-liṅga-sthāna in Kāśī (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The ant remains fixed at the spot; the sage’s face shifts to comprehension, hand raised in a gesture of ‘I understand’; the ground subtly glows, hinting at what lies beneath.
FAQs
Spiritual insight arises when one recognizes sacred signs; the kṣetra’s grace guides the seeker toward the hidden source of protection.
Kāśī-kṣetra in general, as a revelatory landscape where concealed forms of Śiva become known.
No explicit prescription appears yet; the verse prepares for the discovery and worship of the liṅga.