Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
प्राणायामोसि सर्वेपु साधनेषु शुचिष्वहो । सर्वदः सर्वलिंगेषु श्रीमान्विश्वेश्वरो भवान्
prāṇāyāmosi sarvepu sādhaneṣu śuciṣvaho | sarvadaḥ sarvaliṃgeṣu śrīmānviśveśvaro bhavān
सर्व साधनांमध्ये तू प्राणायाम आहेस—अहो, हे शुचि। सर्व लिंगांमध्ये तू सर्वद (सर्व देणारा) आहेस; तूच श्रीमान विश्वेश्वर आहेस।
Skanda
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Scene: Inside a lamp-lit sanctum, the Viśveśvara liṅga shines; a yogin-devotee performs gentle prāṇāyāma, then offers bilva leaves and water, seeing the same Lord in all liṅgas.
FAQs
All sādhana culminates in the Lord; both inner practice (prāṇāyāma) and outer worship (liṅga) reveal the same Viśveśvara.
Kāśī, through the explicit naming of Viśveśvara, the presiding deity of Kāśī.
Prāṇāyāma is praised as a key discipline, and liṅga worship is implied by stating the Lord’s presence in all liṅgas.