Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
क्वाविमुक्तं महालिंगं चतुर्वर्गफलोदयम् । क्व पापि पापशैलोऽल्पो यःक्षयेन्नामसंभृतः
kvāvimuktaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ caturvargaphalodayam | kva pāpi pāpaśailo'lpo yaḥkṣayennāmasaṃbhṛtaḥ
ചതുര്വർഗഫലോദയമായ അവിമുക്ത മഹാലിംഗം എവിടെ, പാപിയുടെ ചെറു പാപപർവ്വതം എവിടെ? അത് നാമസ്മരണ മാത്രം കൊണ്ടും ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta Mahāliṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A colossal radiant liṅga rises like a sun of caturvarga; beside it a tiny crumbling dark hill labeled ‘pāpa’ is worn away by the mere utterance of the name, depicted as sound-waves or script dissolving the rock.
FAQs
The verse magnifies Avimukta’s saving power: before the great Liṅga, sin is portrayed as ultimately fragile and insignificant.
Avimukta in Kāśī, through the Mahāliṅga associated with Avimukteśvara.
Implicitly, reverent invocation and worship of Avimukta’s Mahāliṅga, whose sanctity eclipses sin.