Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
विधिपूर्वं तदभ्यर्च्य प्राप्नुयाच्छिवमंदिरम् । शुभेश्वरश्च तद्याम्यां महाशुभफलप्रदः
vidhipūrvaṃ tadabhyarcya prāpnuyācchivamaṃdiram | śubheśvaraśca tadyāmyāṃ mahāśubhaphalapradaḥ
त्याची विधिपूर्वक पूजा केल्यास साधक शिवमंदिर/शिवधाम प्राप्त करतो. त्याच्या दक्षिणेस शुभेश्वर आहेत, जे महाशुभ फल देणारे आहेत.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kaṇādeśa; Śubheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-audience
Scene: A devotee completes vidhi-pūrvaka worship at Kaṇādeśa; a visionary overlay shows ascent toward Śiva’s radiant abode; the route then points south to Śubheśvara, depicted as a benevolent liṅga granting mahā-śubha phala.
FAQs
Ritual correctness joined with devotion is presented as a direct path to Śiva’s state, while Kāśī’s shrines are praised as fruit-bestowing.
Śubheśvara, located to the south within the Kāśī sacred circuit.
Perform worship (abhyarcya) in accordance with proper ritual procedure (vidhipūrvam).