मुने स्कंदेश्वरं लिंगं महादेवस्य पश्चिमे । तल्लिंगपूजनान्नृणां भवेन्मम सलोकता
mune skaṃdeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ mahādevasya paścime | talliṃgapūjanānnṛṇāṃ bhavenmama salokatā
О мудрец, к западу от Махадевы находится лингам по имени Сканде́швара. Поклоняясь этому лингаму, люди обретают пребывание в моём мире (в обители Сканды).
Skanda
Tirtha: Skandeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage (muni)
Scene: A Śiva-liṅga shrine labeled Skandeśvara, with Skanda’s presence implied—peacock emblem, spear (śakti/vel) motif, and a protective aura. Pilgrims offer bilva and lamps; a sage is addressed in the narrative frame.
Devotion at Kāśī’s liṅgas is taught to yield not only merit but intimate divine proximity—sharing the deity’s ‘loka’ (salokya).
Skandeśvara liṅga, situated west of a shrine referred to as Mahādeva in this passage.
Pūjā (worship) of the Skandeśvara liṅga to attain salokya in Skanda’s realm.