Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
ज्येष्ठस्थानं ततः काश्यां तदाभूदपि पुण्यदम् । तत्र लिंगं समभवत्स्वयं ज्येष्ठेश्वराभिधम्
jyeṣṭhasthānaṃ tataḥ kāśyāṃ tadābhūdapi puṇyadam | tatra liṃgaṃ samabhavatsvayaṃ jyeṣṭheśvarābhidham
ထို့နောက် ကာသီမြို့၌ ‘ဇျေဋ္ဌသ္ထာန’ ဟူသော သန့်ရှင်းသည့် တီရ္ထာနေရာ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၍ မဟာပုဏ္ဏကောင်းကျိုး ပေးတော်မူ၏။ ထိုနေရာ၌ လင်္ဂတော်သည် ကိုယ်တိုင်ပင် ပေါ်ထွန်းလာကာ ‘ဇျေဋ္ဌေရှွရ’ ဟူ၍ ထင်ရှားလေ၏။
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna (Jyeṣṭheśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred quarter of Kāśī: a newly self-manifest liṅga rising from the earth/stone base, surrounded by lamps, bilva leaves, and astonished devotees; the city’s dense lanes and ghāṭa atmosphere implied in the background.
FAQs
Kāśī contains self-manifest Śiva-presences; merely knowing and honoring such a sthala is itself merit-giving.
Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī, where the svayaṃbhū liṅga named Jyeṣṭheśvara appeared.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the origin and sanctity of the liṅga and place.