Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
अगस्त्य उवाच । एतान्येव किमन्यानि महालिंगानि षण्मुख । निर्वाणकारणानीह यदि संति तदा वद
agastya uvāca | etānyeva kimanyāni mahāliṃgāni ṣaṇmukha | nirvāṇakāraṇānīha yadi saṃti tadā vada
Agastya dit : Ô Ṣaṇmukha (Skanda), ces grands liṅgas sont-ils les seuls, ou bien en existe-t-il d’autres ici, causes du nirvāṇa ? S’ils existent, dis-le-moi.
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī — inquiry into additional mahāliṅgas
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (Ṣaṇmukha)
Scene: Agastya, addressed as Kumbhaja earlier, now speaks: he leans forward in respectful curiosity, asking Skanda whether more mahāliṅgas exist—those that cause nirvāṇa.
FAQs
A sincere seeker asks for complete knowledge of the liberating sacred forms within the holy kṣetra.
Kāśī is implied as the ‘here’ where liberating mahāliṅgas are established.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse requests instruction about additional liberating liṅgas.