Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इमानि यानि लिंगानि सर्वेषां मुक्तिदानि हि । एकैकभुवनस्येह सारमादाय सर्वतः । मयैतानि कृतान्येव महाभक्तिकृपावशात्
imāni yāni liṃgāni sarveṣāṃ muktidāni hi | ekaikabhuvanasyeha sāramādāya sarvataḥ | mayaitāni kṛtānyeva mahābhaktikṛpāvaśāt
ഈ ലിംഗങ്ങൾ തീർച്ചയായും എല്ലാവർക്കും മോക്ഷദായകങ്ങളാണ്. ഓരോ ലോകത്തിന്റെയും സാരം എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിൽ നിന്നുമെടുത്ത്, മഹാഭക്തിയോടുള്ള കരുണാവശാൽ ഞാൻ തന്നെയാണ് ഇവ സ്ഥാപിച്ചത്.
Śiva (doctrinal voice within Kāśī Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga of Avimukta (Śiva-pratiṣṭhita)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva in a cosmic posture draws ‘essences’ from the fourteen worlds/directions as streams of light and installs them into fourteen liṅgas in Kāśī; devotees witness with awe, Devī beside Him.
FAQs
Kāśī’s liṅgas embody a universal spiritual essence and grant liberation through Śiva’s compassionate design.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta), presented as a condensation of the merit of all worlds.
Implied: devotion (bhakti) expressed through worship and reverence of these liṅgas as a path to mukti.