यैरिदं प्रणतं लिंगं प्रणतास्ते सुरासुरैः । यस्यै केन प्रणामेन दिक्पालपदमल्पकम् । दिक्पालपदतः पातः पातः शिवनतेर्नहि
yairidaṃ praṇataṃ liṃgaṃ praṇatāste surāsuraiḥ | yasyai kena praṇāmena dikpālapadamalpakam | dikpālapadataḥ pātaḥ pātaḥ śivanaternahi
このリンガに礼拝して頭を垂れる者には、神々もアスラもまた頭を垂れる。ほかの礼敬によって得られるのは、方位を護る神(ディクパーラ)のような小さな位にすぎず、その位からは堕ち得る。だが、シヴァへの礼拝からは堕落がない。
Skanda (deduced; doctrinal comparison of fruits of reverence)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara Liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/devarṣi in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame
Scene: A devotee bows to the Viśveśvara liṅga; in response, devas and asuras alike are shown bowing to the devotee—while a separate vignette shows a dikpāla-like figure slipping from a celestial seat, illustrating ‘fall’ from office.
Worldly and even celestial attainments can be unstable, but devotion expressed as bowing to Śiva is presented as spiritually unfailing.
Kāśī’s Viśveśvara Liṅga is the implied object of praṇāma and praise.
Praṇāma (prostration/salutation) to the Liṅga/Śiva is explicitly praised as a potent practice.