Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200
चित्रगुप्तेश्वरं लिंगं तदुदीच्यामघापहम् । चित्रगुप्तेश्वरात्पश्चाद्यो दृढेशो महाफलः
citragupteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tadudīcyāmaghāpaham | citragupteśvarātpaścādyo dṛḍheśo mahāphalaḥ
അതിന്റെ വടക്കായി ചിത്രഗുപ്തേശ്വര ലിംഗം ഉണ്ട്; അത് പാപം ഹരിക്കുന്നു. ചിത്രഗുപ്തേശ്വരത്തിന് അപ്പുറം ദൃഢേശൻ ഉണ്ട്; അദ്ദേഹം മഹാഫലം നൽകുന്നു.
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A northward procession: shrine of Citragupteśvara with iconographic hints of ledger/scroll symbolism (as a motif, not literal in liṅga), pilgrims offering water and bilva; further path leads to Dṛḍheśa shrine, evoking firmness like a rock or pillar.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in Kāśī is mapped as a transformative sequence: sin-removal followed by attainment of higher fruit.
Citragupteśvara Liṅga and the subsequent shrine of Dṛḍheśa in Kāśī.
Sequential visitation (yātrā/pari-kramā) of the liṅgas is implied as the means to gain aghāpaha and mahāphala results.