Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
त्रिलोचनादुदीच्यां तु तद्दृष्टमुक्तये मतम् । महोत्कटेश्वरं लिंगं मरुत्कोटादिहागतम् । कामेश्वरोत्तरे भागे दृष्टं विमलसिद्धिदम्
trilocanādudīcyāṃ tu taddṛṣṭamuktaye matam | mahotkaṭeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ marutkoṭādihāgatam | kāmeśvarottare bhāge dṛṣṭaṃ vimalasiddhidam
त्रिलोचनाच्या उत्तरेस त्याचे दर्शन मोक्षप्रद मानले जाते। मरुत्कोट येथून येथे आलेले महोत्कटेश्वर लिंग आहे। कामेश्वराच्या उत्तर भागी दर्शन केल्यास निर्मळ सिद्धी प्राप्त होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Mahotkaṭeśvara (liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a northern Kāśī shrine: Mahotkaṭeśvara-liṅga under a small canopy, with directional markers ‘Trilocana’ and ‘Kāmeśvara’ implied; priests offer bilva and water; the sense of a ‘brought-from-Marutkoṭa’ sacred presence is shown as a subtle aura or procession memory.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred topography is a liberation-map: specific directions and darśanas are taught as mokṣa-bestowing.
Mahotkaṭeśvara Liṅga near the northern side of Trilocana and the northern part of Kāmeśvara in Kāśī.
Darśana (pilgrim visitation) of the indicated liṅgas/locations is the implied observance.