कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिंगं येर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः । प्रविष्टास्ते शरीरे मे तेषां नास्ति पुनर्भवः
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yercayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | praviṣṭāste śarīre me teṣāṃ nāsti punarbhavaḥ
जे मानव कृत्तिवासेश्वराच्या लिंगाची अर्चना करतील, ते माझ्याच स्वरूपात विलीन होतील; त्यांना पुनर्जन्म नाही।
Śiva (deduced from “My being/body” soteriological claim)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī or a sage interlocutor in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (contextual)
Scene: A devotee offers flowers and bilva to the liṅga; behind the liṅga, a subtle cosmic form of Śiva (viśvarūpa-like) appears, and the devotee’s silhouette merges into the divine radiance, symbolizing ‘entering My body’.
Liṅga-worship at Kṛttivāseśvara is depicted as union with Śiva and freedom from rebirth.
Kṛttivāseśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.
Arcana/pujā (worship) of the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga.