Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
विरजाख्यं हि तत्पीठं तत्र लिंगं त्रिविष्टपम् । तत्पीठदर्शनादेव विरजा जायते नरः
virajākhyaṃ hi tatpīṭhaṃ tatra liṃgaṃ triviṣṭapam | tatpīṭhadarśanādeva virajā jāyate naraḥ
ते पवित्र पीठ ‘विरजा’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे आणि तेथे ‘त्रिविष्टप’ लिंग विराजमान आहे. त्या पीठाचे दर्शन होताच मनुष्य ‘विरज’—कल्मषरहित—होतो.
Skanda
Tirtha: Virajā-pīṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A luminous pīṭha named Virajā with the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga स्थापित; pilgrims approach and, upon mere sight, are shown as purified—garments bright, faces serene.
FAQs
Darśana of a sanctified Śaiva pīṭha is transformative—contact through sight can purify and remove inner taint.
Virajā-pīṭha and the Triviṣṭapa-liṅga located there, within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa sacred geography.
Darśana (pilgrimage sight/visitation) is implied as the key act yielding purification.