Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इमानि यानि लिंगानि सर्वेषां मुक्तिदानि हि । एकैकभुवनस्येह सारमादाय सर्वतः । मयैतानि कृतान्येव महाभक्तिकृपावशात्
imāni yāni liṃgāni sarveṣāṃ muktidāni hi | ekaikabhuvanasyeha sāramādāya sarvataḥ | mayaitāni kṛtānyeva mahābhaktikṛpāvaśāt
இந்த லிங்கங்கள் நிச்சயமாக அனைவருக்கும் முக்தி அளிப்பவை. ஒவ்வொரு உலகத்தின் சாரத்தையும் எல்லாத் திசைகளிலிருந்தும் திரட்டி, மகாபக்தியின்மேல் கருணையால் நானே இவற்றை நிறுவினேன்.
Śiva (doctrinal voice within Kāśī Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga of Avimukta (Śiva-pratiṣṭhita)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva in a cosmic posture draws ‘essences’ from the fourteen worlds/directions as streams of light and installs them into fourteen liṅgas in Kāśī; devotees witness with awe, Devī beside Him.
FAQs
Kāśī’s liṅgas embody a universal spiritual essence and grant liberation through Śiva’s compassionate design.
Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta), presented as a condensation of the merit of all worlds.
Implied: devotion (bhakti) expressed through worship and reverence of these liṅgas as a path to mukti.