Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
शर्वं लिंगं समभ्यर्च्य काश्यां परमसिद्धिकृत् । न जातु जंतुपदवीं प्राप्नुयात्क्वापि मानवः
śarvaṃ liṃgaṃ samabhyarcya kāśyāṃ paramasiddhikṛt | na jātu jaṃtupadavīṃ prāpnuyātkvāpi mānavaḥ
काशीत शर्वलिंगाचे सम्यक् अर्चन केल्याने परम सिद्धी प्राप्त होते; मनुष्य पुन्हा कधीही कुठेही जंतुपदवीला जात नाही.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Śarva-liṅga (in Kāśī)
Type: temple
Scene: A serene worship scene at the Śarva-liṅga in Kāśī; the devotee’s posture is calm and surrendered, with symbolic dissolution of saṃsāra—chains loosening, a wheel fading—signifying ‘never again becoming a jantu’.
FAQs
Śiva-worship in Kāśī is presented as a direct means to supreme attainment and release from the cycle of embodied existence.
The Śarva-liṅga in Kāśī (linked to the Madhyamakeśvara/Caturvedeśvara complex in the surrounding verses).
Samabhyarcana—proper, complete worship of the liṅga (liṅga-pūjā) in Kāśī.