उत्तरे कृत्तिवासस्य वाराणस्यां प्रयत्नतः । वृद्धकालेश्वरं लिंगं द्रष्टव्यं सिद्धिकामुकैः
uttare kṛttivāsasya vārāṇasyāṃ prayatnataḥ | vṛddhakāleśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ siddhikāmukaiḥ
വാരാണസിയിൽ കൃത്തിവാസത്തിന്റെ വടക്കുഭാഗത്ത്, സിദ്ധി ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ വൃദ്ധകാലേശ്വര ലിംഗത്തെ അന്വേഷിച്ച് ദർശിക്കണം।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Skanda’s Kāśī Māhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Vṛddhakāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: A pilgrim group consults a local guide near a shrine of Kṛttivāsa, then proceeds north through narrow Kāśī lanes toward a small sanctum where the Vṛddhakāleśvara liṅga awaits; the seekers carry flowers and bilva, faces intent on siddhi.
Kāśī’s liberation-map is also a pilgrim’s map: earnest darśana of specific liṅgas is praised as a direct means to siddhi.
Vṛddhakāleśvara-liṅga, located north of Kṛttivāsa in Vārāṇasī.
Darśana (visiting/seeing) of the Vṛddhakāleśvara liṅga with sincere effort.