Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
गणनादिवसादवार्ङ्ममभक्तजनैःप्रिये । प्रतिष्ठितानि यानीह तेषां संख्या न विद्यते
gaṇanādivasādavārṅmamabhaktajanaiḥpriye | pratiṣṭhitāni yānīha teṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate
प्रिये! जिस दिन से गणना आरंभ हुई, उसी दिन से मेरे भक्तजन यहाँ (लिंगों को) प्रतिष्ठित करते आ रहे हैं; इसलिए यहाँ प्रतिष्ठित उन (लिंगों) की संख्या ज्ञात नहीं है।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (priye)
Scene: Śiva tells Pārvatī that since counting began, devotees have continuously established liṅgas in Kāśī, making their number unknowable—suggesting a timeless stream of pilgrims and consecrations.
FAQs
Continuous devotion across ages makes Kāśī’s sanctity ever-expanding; the kṣetra is shaped by unbroken bhakti.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly, as the perennial home of devotees’ consecrations.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is referenced as an ongoing devotional act, but no procedural details are given.