सर्वलिंगार्चनात्पुण्यं यावज्जन्म यदर्ज्यते । सकृद्विश्वेशमभ्यर्च्य श्रद्धया तदवाप्यते
sarvaliṃgārcanātpuṇyaṃ yāvajjanma yadarjyate | sakṛdviśveśamabhyarcya śraddhayā tadavāpyate
Le mérite acquis en une vie entière par le culte de tous les liṅga s’obtient en adorant Viśveśvara une seule fois, avec foi.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking audience (ṛṣis/householders)
Scene: Inside a sanctum: the dark stone liṅga of Viśveśvara adorned with bilva and flowers; a devotee offers water and lamps once, with intense faith, while other distant liṅgas are symbolically shown as faint silhouettes dissolving into this single shrine.
Śraddhā-filled worship of Viśveśvara in Kāśī is presented as a concentrated form of all Śiva-worship merits.
Viśveśvara (Kāśī Viśvanātha) in Kāśī.
Liṅga-arcana—worshipping Viśveśvara even once, with faith.