वसिष्ठतनयान्हत्वा तत्र कौशिकसत्तमः । स्थापयामास तल्लिंगं मुक्तपापस्ततोऽभवत्
vasiṣṭhatanayānhatvā tatra kauśikasattamaḥ | sthāpayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ muktapāpastato'bhavat
Having slain the sons of Vasiṣṭha, the excellent Kauśika there established that liṅga; and from that time he became freed from sin.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued context)
Tirtha: Kauśikeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Kauśika, burdened by the killing of Vasiṣṭha’s sons, establishes a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa; the atmosphere shifts from violent aftermath to solemn consecration—water pots, bilva leaves, fire offerings—ending in his release from sin.
Even severe transgression is shown as remediable through repentance expressed as Śiva-liṅga installation and devotion within a sanctified kṣetra.
Kauśikeśvara, connected to Kauśika’s (Viśvāmitra’s) liṅga-pratiṣṭhā in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) is presented as a purificatory act leading to release from sin.