Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200
चित्रगुप्तेश्वरं लिंगं तदुदीच्यामघापहम् । चित्रगुप्तेश्वरात्पश्चाद्यो दृढेशो महाफलः
citragupteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tadudīcyāmaghāpaham | citragupteśvarātpaścādyo dṛḍheśo mahāphalaḥ
Al norte de allí está el Liṅga llamado Citragupteśvara, que elimina el pecado. Más allá de Citragupteśvara se halla Dṛḍheśa, que otorga un gran fruto espiritual.
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A northward procession: shrine of Citragupteśvara with iconographic hints of ledger/scroll symbolism (as a motif, not literal in liṅga), pilgrims offering water and bilva; further path leads to Dṛḍheśa shrine, evoking firmness like a rock or pillar.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in Kāśī is mapped as a transformative sequence: sin-removal followed by attainment of higher fruit.
Citragupteśvara Liṅga and the subsequent shrine of Dṛḍheśa in Kāśī.
Sequential visitation (yātrā/pari-kramā) of the liṅgas is implied as the means to gain aghāpaha and mahāphala results.