Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170
मार्कंडेयेश्वरात्प्राच्यां वसिष्ठेश्वर पूजनात् । निष्पापो जायते मर्त्यो महत्पुण्यमवाप्नुयात्
mārkaṃḍeyeśvarātprācyāṃ vasiṣṭheśvara pūjanāt | niṣpāpo jāyate martyo mahatpuṇyamavāpnuyāt
मार्कंडेयेश्वराच्या पूर्वेस वसिष्ठेश्वराचे पूजन केल्याने मर्त्य मनुष्य निष्पाप होतो व महान पुण्य प्राप्त करतो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Vasiṣṭheśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim walks the narrow lanes of Kāśī from Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara toward the east, arriving at a small shrine of Vasiṣṭheśvara; the liṅga is bathed, bilva leaves offered, lamps flicker; a faint aura of purification surrounds the devotee.
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Śiva-worship in Kāśī, performed at specific kṣetra-shrines, is portrayed as a direct purifier that yields great puṇya.
Vasiṣṭheśvara (a Śiva shrine), located eastward relative to Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara in Kāśī’s sacred map.
Pūjā (formal worship) of Vasiṣṭheśvara.