Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
इति दत्त्वा वराञ्शंभुस्तल्लिंगे लयमाययौ । स्कंद उवाच । तल्लिंगाराधनात्कामाः प्राप्ता दुर्वाससा भृशम्
iti dattvā varāñśaṃbhustalliṃge layamāyayau | skaṃda uvāca | talliṃgārādhanātkāmāḥ prāptā durvāsasā bhṛśam
ഇങ്ങനെ വരങ്ങൾ നൽകി ശംഭു ആ ലിംഗത്തിൽ തന്നേ ലയിച്ചു. സ്കന്ദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ ലിംഗത്തെ ആരാധിച്ചതിനാൽ ദുർവാസസ് തന്റെ അഭീഷ്ടഫലങ്ങൾ മഹത്തായി പ്രാപിച്ചു.
Skanda (explicit: ‘skanda uvāca’)
Tirtha: Kāmeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame (sages/pilgrims)
Scene: Śambhu grants boons to Durvāsas and then dissolves into the radiant liṅga; Skanda narrates, pointing to the liṅga as the source of Durvāsas’s success.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is affirmed as abiding in the liṅga, and worship there is portrayed as a potent means to attain legitimate desires.
The liṅga associated with Kāmeśvara in Kāśī (context of Kāmatīrtha–Kāmeśvara).
Liṅga-ārādhana—formal worship and devoted service to the liṅga.