रुद्रकोटिसमाख्यातात्तीर्थात्परमपावनात् । महायोगीश्वरं लिंगमाविश्चक्रे स्वयं परम्
rudrakoṭisamākhyātāttīrthātparamapāvanāt | mahāyogīśvaraṃ liṃgamāviścakre svayaṃ param
‘रुद्र-कोटी’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध अशा परम पावन तीर्थातून स्वयं परमेश्वरांनी ‘महायोगीश्वर’ नामक लिंग प्रकट केले।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Rudra-koṭi
Type: ghat
Listener: Not stated in the provided excerpt
Scene: At the luminous ford named Rudra-koṭi, the Supreme Lord manifests a radiant liṅga titled Mahāyogīśvara; the riverbank glows, devotees and sages witness the epiphany, and the air is thick with mantra and incense.
Kāśī’s sacred sites are not merely symbolic; the Lord is said to self-manifest there, making the place uniquely sanctifying.
Rudra-koṭi Tīrtha in Kāśī, from which Mahāyogīśvara Liṅga is described as manifesting.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s purity and the divine manifestation of the liṅga.