Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
आलोक्यालोक्य तल्लिंगं तुतोष हृदये बहु । परमानंदकंदाख्यं स्फुटमेतन्न संशयः
ālokyālokya talliṃgaṃ tutoṣa hṛdaye bahu | paramānaṃdakaṃdākhyaṃ sphuṭametanna saṃśayaḥ
அந்த லிங்கத்தை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் நோக்கி, அவன் உள்ளத்தில் பேரின்பம் பொங்கியது. ஐயமின்றி இதுவே ‘பரமானந்த-கந்தம்’—உயர்ந்த ஆனந்தத்தின் மூலக்கிழங்கு।
Narrator (within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Paramānanda-kanda Liṅga
Type: temple
Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the Purāṇic frame
Scene: A devotee stands before a radiant liṅga, eyes returning again and again; the heart-space is shown blooming with light, as if the liṅga is a luminous ‘bulb-root’ (kanda) of bliss emanating subtle rays.
FAQs
Repeated darśana of Śiva’s Liṅga awakens inner bliss, revealing the deity as the very source of supreme joy.
A specific Liṅga-māhātmya within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context—identified by the epithet Paramānanda-kanda.
Darśana (reverent viewing) is implied as a meritorious act; no detailed pūjā steps are stated here.