Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
लिंगं यः स्थापयेद्भक्त्या सप्तजन्मकृतादघात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो विशुद्धः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्
liṃgaṃ yaḥ sthāpayedbhaktyā saptajanmakṛtādaghāt | mucyate nātra saṃdeho viśuddhaḥ svargabhāgbhavet
यो भक्त्या शिवलिङ्गं स्थापयति स सप्तजन्मकृतादघात् निःसन्देहं मुच्यते। विशुद्धः स स्वर्गभाग्भवति॥
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; speaker marker appears at 83)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general liṅga-pratiṣṭhā phala)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī installs a Śiva-liṅga with waterpots, bilva leaves, lamps, and Vedic/Śaiva chants; the atmosphere suggests purification and ascent to svarga.
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Devotional installation of the Śiva-liṅga purifies accumulated karmic sin and leads to higher spiritual merit.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme field for Śiva-worship and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.
Liṅga-sthāpana (installing/establishing a Śiva-liṅga) performed with bhakti (devotion).