Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्पुंसां ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । विलीयेत न संदेहो देहबंधोपि नो पुनः
talliṃgadarśanātpuṃsāṃ brahmahatyādipātakam | vilīyeta na saṃdeho dehabaṃdhopi no punaḥ
ആ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദി പാപങ്ങൾ നിശ്ചയമായി ലയിക്കുന്നു; സംശയമില്ല. ദേഹബന്ധവും വീണ്ടും വരികയില്ല.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees behold the liṅga; a visual metaphor of sins dissolving—dark smoke-like forms dispersing into light; the liṅga radiates a calm, liberating aura, suggesting release from bodily bondage.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Śaiva sacred power is such that sincere darśana itself becomes liberating and sin-dissolving.
A specific liṅga in Kāśī (later identified as Pārvatīśa/Pārvatīśvara) is praised for its extraordinary darśana-fruit.
Darśana (reverent viewing/visitation) of the liṅga is presented as the efficacious practice.