Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
इति दत्त्वा वराञ्शंभुस्तल्लिंगे लयमाययौ । स्कंद उवाच । तल्लिंगाराधनात्कामाः प्राप्ता दुर्वाससा भृशम्
iti dattvā varāñśaṃbhustalliṃge layamāyayau | skaṃda uvāca | talliṃgārādhanātkāmāḥ prāptā durvāsasā bhṛśam
इस प्रकार वरदान देकर शम्भु उसी लिंग में लीन हो गए। स्कन्द बोले—उस लिंग की आराधना से दुर्वासा ने अपने अभिलषित काम अत्यन्त रूप से प्राप्त किए।
Skanda (explicit: ‘skanda uvāca’)
Tirtha: Kāmeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame (sages/pilgrims)
Scene: Śambhu grants boons to Durvāsas and then dissolves into the radiant liṅga; Skanda narrates, pointing to the liṅga as the source of Durvāsas’s success.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is affirmed as abiding in the liṅga, and worship there is portrayed as a potent means to attain legitimate desires.
The liṅga associated with Kāmeśvara in Kāśī (context of Kāmatīrtha–Kāmeśvara).
Liṅga-ārādhana—formal worship and devoted service to the liṅga.