लिंगं यः पार्वतीशाख्यं काश्यां संपूजयिष्यति । तद्देहावसितिं प्राप्य काशीलिंगं भविष्यति
liṃgaṃ yaḥ pārvatīśākhyaṃ kāśyāṃ saṃpūjayiṣyati | taddehāvasitiṃ prāpya kāśīliṃgaṃ bhaviṣyati
जो काशीत ‘पार्वतीश’ नामक लिंगाची भक्तिभावाने पूजा करतो, तो देहावसानानंतर काशीलिंगत्व प्राप्त करून काशीलिंग होतो।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pārvatīśa-liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditionally a sage/assembly seeking Kāśī’s merits)
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers bilva leaves, flowers, and water to the Pārvatīśa-liṅga; behind, the sacred city’s ghāṭs and lamps glow, suggesting the devotee’s post-mortem transformation into a radiant liṅga-form within Kāśī.
Worship in Kāśī is portrayed as uniquely transformative, carrying liberation-oriented fruit beyond death.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), specifically the Pārvatīśa liṅga situated there.
Saṃpūjā (complete worship) of the Pārvatīśa liṅga in Kāśī.