Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
रत्नभूतस्य लिंगस्य काश्यां रत्नेश्वरस्य वै । नित्यं संदर्शनं प्राप्य वक्ष्याम्यपि वचो मुखे
ratnabhūtasya liṃgasya kāśyāṃ ratneśvarasya vai | nityaṃ saṃdarśanaṃ prāpya vakṣyāmyapi vaco mukhe
Setelah memperoleh darśana setiap hari terhadap Liṅga laksana permata itu—Ratneśvara di Kāśī sesungguhnya—aku juga akan menyampaikan kata-kata itu secara langsung, berhadapan muka.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya; first-person narration present)
Tirtha: Ratneśvara
Type: temple
Listener: muni / Gaurī (as addressed in surrounding context)
Scene: A close-up shrine view: the Ratneśvara liṅga gleaming like a jewel, garlanded; Ratnāvalī stands near, as if about to speak directly to someone present, indicating immediacy and confidence born of darśana.
FAQs
Regular, faithful darśana of a sacred liṅga in a holy kṣetra becomes a transformative discipline and a source of spiritual authority.
Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is explicitly named and praised.
Nitya-saṃdarśana—daily visitation/darśana of Ratneśvara—is indicated as the key practice.