तस्य लिंगस्य संस्पर्शात्परा शांतिं समृच्छति । उपशांत शिवं लिंगं दृष्ट्वा जन्मशतार्जितम्
tasya liṃgasya saṃsparśātparā śāṃtiṃ samṛcchati | upaśāṃta śivaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā janmaśatārjitam
Par le simple contact de ce liṅga, on parvient à la paix suprême. Après avoir contemplé le liṅga d’Upaśānta-Śiva, le mérite amassé en cent naissances s’accomplit pleinement.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Upaśānta-Śiva liṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (addressed previously; implied continuation)
Scene: Inside a small, quiet sanctum: the Upaśānta-Śiva liṅga, cool and dark stone, adorned with bilva and white flowers. A devotee gently touches the liṅga and then sits in stillness; the air feels hushed, as if the city’s noise dissolves at the threshold.
Physical reverence (sparśa) and devotional seeing (darśana) of Śiva’s liṅga are presented as direct means to inner peace and accumulated spiritual fruition.
The liṅga named Upaśānta-Śiva within the Kāśī sacred circuit.
Sparśa (touching) the liṅga and darśana (seeing) it—both are highlighted as spiritually efficacious acts.