विश्वनाथो ह्यहं नाथः काशिकामुक्तिकाशिका । सुधातरंगा स्वर्गंगा त्रय्येषा किन्न यच्छति
viśvanātho hyahaṃ nāthaḥ kāśikāmuktikāśikā | sudhātaraṃgā svargaṃgā trayyeṣā kinna yacchati
Eu sou Viśvanātha, o Senhor; Kāśikā é a doadora da libertação. Esta Gaṅgā celeste, cujas ondas são como néctar—o que, afinal, esta tríade não concede?
Śiva as Viśvanātha (strongly implied by 'ahaṃ viśvanāthaḥ')
Tirtha: Kāśī–Viśvanātha–Gaṅgā triad
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotees/Ṛṣis (contextual audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: Śiva as Viśvanātha stands as the inner lord of Kāśī; the Gaṅgā flows with amṛta-like waves; the city itself shines as ‘muktikāśikā’, forming a triadic halo of liberation.
Śiva, Kāśī, and Gaṅgā together constitute an unsurpassed salvific refuge, granting both worldly and otherworldly good.
Kāśī (Viśvanātha-kṣetra) and Gaṅgā in Kāśī—presented as a liberation-bestowing sacred complex.
Implied practice is Gaṅgā association (snāna) and devotion to Viśvanātha in Kāśī, though not stated as a formal injunction.