Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
व्रतोत्सर्गं वृषोत्सर्गं लिंगादि स्थापनं तथा । करोति यो महाप्राज्ञो ज्ञात्वायुःक्षणगत्वरम्
vratotsargaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ liṃgādi sthāpanaṃ tathā | karoti yo mahāprājño jñātvāyuḥkṣaṇagatvaram
आयुष्य क्षणात वेगाने निघून जाते हे जाणून जो महाप्राज्ञ येथे व्रतोत्सर्ग, वृषोत्सर्ग व शिवलिंगादी स्थापना करतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (typical: ṛṣi/muni audience)
Scene: A learned pilgrim in Kāśī, aware of life’s swiftness, completes a vow, gifts a decorated bull to a brāhmaṇa/temple, and installs a Śiva-liṅga near a ghāṭ with Gaṅgā in the background.
FAQs
Because life is momentary, one should promptly engage in dharmic acts—especially Śaiva rites—within Kāśī’s sacred field.
Kāśī/Ānandavana, the celebrated sacred kṣetra of Śiva.
Vratotsarga (formal completion of a vow), vṛṣotsarga (bull-gift), and liṅga-ādi sthāpana (installation of a liṅga and sacred emblems).