Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
कथमाविर्भवस्तस्य काश्यां लिंगवरस्य तु । आशुसिद्धिप्रदस्येह तन्मे ब्रूहि जगत्पते
kathamāvirbhavastasya kāśyāṃ liṃgavarasya tu | āśusiddhipradasyeha tanme brūhi jagatpate
കാശിയിൽ ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ലിംഗം എങ്ങനെ ആവിർഭവിച്ചു—ഇവിടെ शीഘ്രസിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നതത്. ഹേ ജഗത്പതേ, അത് എനിക്ക് പറയുക.
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Vīreśa (Liṅga) in Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Jagatpati (Śiva)
Scene: Pārvatī, with folded hands, asks Śiva about the manifestation of the excellent liṅga in Kāśī that grants swift siddhi; the scene emphasizes inquiry and reverence, with a faint silhouette of a liṅga and Kāśī’s skyline.
FAQs
Sacred sites in Kāśī are understood through their ‘āvirbhāva’ (manifestation narratives), which reveal their spiritual power.
Vīreśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, praised as āśu-siddhi-prada (swift giver of attainments).
None directly; it requests the māhātmya/origin account that typically guides pilgrimage and worship.