गभस्तीश्वर इत्याख्यां ततो लिंगमवाप्स्यति । अर्चयित्वा गभस्तीशं स्नात्वा पंचनदे नरः
gabhastīśvara ityākhyāṃ tato liṃgamavāpsyati | arcayitvā gabhastīśaṃ snātvā paṃcanade naraḥ
ततः “गभस्तीश्वर” इति नाम्ना लिङ्गं प्रसिद्धिं गमिष्यति। गभस्तीशं समर्च्य पञ्चनदे स्नात्वा नरः प्रतिज्ञातं पुण्यफलम् आप्नोति।
Skanda
Tirtha: Pañcanada (associated with Gabhastīśvara)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)
Scene: A devotee offers flowers, bilva leaves, and water to a radiant Śiva-liṅga labeled Gabhastīśvara; nearby, pilgrims descend steps to the Pañcanada bathing place, with dawn light glinting on the river.
Śiva-worship joined with tīrtha-snānā in Kāśī sanctifies the devotee and establishes the lasting renown (māhātmya) of the sacred liṅga.
Pañcanada, a revered bathing-place in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), connected here with the Gabhastīśvara liṅga.
Worship (arcana) of Gabhastīśvara and bathing (snāna) at the Pañcanada tīrtha.