Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
लिंगं यः स्थापयेद्भक्त्या सप्तजन्मकृतादघात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो विशुद्धः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्
liṃgaṃ yaḥ sthāpayedbhaktyā saptajanmakṛtādaghāt | mucyate nātra saṃdeho viśuddhaḥ svargabhāgbhavet
जो भक्तिभावाने शिवलिंगाची स्थापना करतो, तो सात जन्मांच्या संचित पापांतून निःसंशय मुक्त होतो. शुद्ध होऊन तो स्वर्गाचा भागीदार होतो.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; speaker marker appears at 83)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general liṅga-pratiṣṭhā phala)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī installs a Śiva-liṅga with waterpots, bilva leaves, lamps, and Vedic/Śaiva chants; the atmosphere suggests purification and ascent to svarga.
FAQs
Devotional installation of the Śiva-liṅga purifies accumulated karmic sin and leads to higher spiritual merit.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme field for Śiva-worship and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.
Liṅga-sthāpana (installing/establishing a Śiva-liṅga) performed with bhakti (devotion).