प्रतिष्ठाप्य च लिंगानि ते स्वनाम्नांकितानि च । शिवेति परया भक्त्या तेपुरुग्रं तपो भृशम
pratiṣṭhāpya ca liṃgāni te svanāmnāṃkitāni ca | śiveti parayā bhaktyā tepurugraṃ tapo bhṛśama
તેઓએ પોતાના નામોથી અંકિત લિંગોની પ્રતિષ્ઠા કરી; અને ‘શિવ’ નામ ઉચ્ચારી પરમ ભક્તિથી અત્યંત ઉગ્ર તપ કર્યું।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages install multiple liṅgas, each marked with their names on small pedestals; they sit in austere postures amid sacred groves, chanting ‘Śiva’ with blazing ascetic energy; the city’s sanctity glows around them.
In Avimukta, devotion to Śiva expressed through liṅga-installation and tapas becomes a direct path to sanctity and spiritual attainment.
Avimukta-kṣetra of Kāśī, where sages establish named liṅgas as enduring markers of sacred presence.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installing Śiva-liṅgas) and bhakti-filled tapas/japa of the name ‘Śiva’ are indicated.
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