महाकालस्य तल्लिंगं यैर्दृष्टं कष्टिभिः क्वचित । न स्पृष्टास्ते महापापैर्न दृष्टास्ते यमोद्भटैः
mahākālasya talliṃgaṃ yairdṛṣṭaṃ kaṣṭibhiḥ kvacita | na spṛṣṭāste mahāpāpairna dṛṣṭāste yamodbhaṭaiḥ
អ្នកណាដែលបានឃើញលិង្គរបស់ព្រះមហាកាលនោះម្តងណាមួយ ដោយការលំបាកយ៉ាងខ្លាំង—មិនត្រូវបាបធំៗប៉ះពាល់ ហើយក៏មិនត្រូវទូតយមដ៏សាហាវឃើញដែរ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse, often Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim, weary from travel, finally beholds Mahākāla’s liṅga; shadowy Yama-dūtas recoil and fade at the threshold; a protective aura surrounds the devotee.
Sincere darśana of Mahākāla is portrayed as a decisive turning point that burns heavy sin and removes fear of Yama.
The Mahākāla Liṅga in the Mahākāla kṣetra (Avantī/Ujjayinī context).
No explicit rite; the act emphasized is liṅga-darśana attained with effort and devotion.