Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200
चित्रगुप्तेश्वरं लिंगं तदुदीच्यामघापहम् । चित्रगुप्तेश्वरात्पश्चाद्यो दृढेशो महाफलः
citragupteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tadudīcyāmaghāpaham | citragupteśvarātpaścādyo dṛḍheśo mahāphalaḥ
ਉਸ ਦੇ ਉੱਤਰ ਵੱਲ ਚਿਤ੍ਰਗੁਪਤੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਨਾਮ ਦਾ ਲਿੰਗ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਪਾਪ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਚਿਤ੍ਰਗੁਪਤੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਤੋਂ ਅੱਗੇ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹੇਸ਼ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਮਹਾਨ ਫਲ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਦਾ ਹੈ।
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A northward procession: shrine of Citragupteśvara with iconographic hints of ledger/scroll symbolism (as a motif, not literal in liṅga), pilgrims offering water and bilva; further path leads to Dṛḍheśa shrine, evoking firmness like a rock or pillar.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in Kāśī is mapped as a transformative sequence: sin-removal followed by attainment of higher fruit.
Citragupteśvara Liṅga and the subsequent shrine of Dṛḍheśa in Kāśī.
Sequential visitation (yātrā/pari-kramā) of the liṅgas is implied as the means to gain aghāpaha and mahāphala results.