अंतकेश्वर संज्ञं च लिंगं तद्रुद्रदिक्स्थितम् । अतिपापोपि निष्पापो जायते तद्विलोकनात्
aṃtakeśvara saṃjñaṃ ca liṃgaṃ tadrudradiksthitam | atipāpopi niṣpāpo jāyate tadvilokanāt
രുദ്രദിക്കിൽ ‘അന്തകേശ്വര’ എന്ന ലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമാണ്. അതിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ മഹാപാപിയും പാപരഹിതനാകുന്നു.
Skanda
Tirtha: Antakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims-instruction audience
Scene: A weary sinner-pilgrim approaches Antakeśvara; the liṅga radiates, shadows of past misdeeds dissolve; the shrine is marked by a directional emblem of Rudra and fierce yet compassionate Śaiva aura.
Kāśī’s Śiva-presence is depicted as radically purifying—darśana itself is a vehicle of pāpa-kṣaya.
Antakeśvara liṅga, placed in the Rudra-direction within Kāśī’s sacred map.
Vilokana/darśana (sacred beholding) of Antakeśvara is the stated practice.