Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इमानि यानि लिंगानि सर्वेषां मुक्तिदानि हि । एकैकभुवनस्येह सारमादाय सर्वतः । मयैतानि कृतान्येव महाभक्तिकृपावशात्
imāni yāni liṃgāni sarveṣāṃ muktidāni hi | ekaikabhuvanasyeha sāramādāya sarvataḥ | mayaitāni kṛtānyeva mahābhaktikṛpāvaśāt
ही लिंगे निश्चयच सर्वांना मुक्ती देणारी आहेत। प्रत्येक लोकाचा सार सर्व दिशांनी गोळा करून, महाभक्तीवर करुणावश मी स्वतःच ही स्थापिली आहेत।
Śiva (doctrinal voice within Kāśī Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga of Avimukta (Śiva-pratiṣṭhita)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva in a cosmic posture draws ‘essences’ from the fourteen worlds/directions as streams of light and installs them into fourteen liṅgas in Kāśī; devotees witness with awe, Devī beside Him.
FAQs
Kāśī’s liṅgas embody a universal spiritual essence and grant liberation through Śiva’s compassionate design.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta), presented as a condensation of the merit of all worlds.
Implied: devotion (bhakti) expressed through worship and reverence of these liṅgas as a path to mukti.