Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इमानि यानि लिंगानि सर्वेषां मुक्तिदानि हि । एकैकभुवनस्येह सारमादाय सर्वतः । मयैतानि कृतान्येव महाभक्तिकृपावशात्
imāni yāni liṃgāni sarveṣāṃ muktidāni hi | ekaikabhuvanasyeha sāramādāya sarvataḥ | mayaitāni kṛtānyeva mahābhaktikṛpāvaśāt
Estos liṅgas son, en verdad, dadores de liberación para todos. Reuniendo aquí la esencia misma de cada mundo desde todas partes, Yo mismo los establecí, movido por compasión hacia la gran devoción.
Śiva (doctrinal voice within Kāśī Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga of Avimukta (Śiva-pratiṣṭhita)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva in a cosmic posture draws ‘essences’ from the fourteen worlds/directions as streams of light and installs them into fourteen liṅgas in Kāśī; devotees witness with awe, Devī beside Him.
FAQs
Kāśī’s liṅgas embody a universal spiritual essence and grant liberation through Śiva’s compassionate design.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta), presented as a condensation of the merit of all worlds.
Implied: devotion (bhakti) expressed through worship and reverence of these liṅgas as a path to mukti.