Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
अन्यान्वरांश्च ते दद्यां त्वाष्ट्र तुष्टस्त्वदर्चया । ताञ्शृणुष्व महाभाग लिंगस्यास्याद्भुतश्रियः
anyānvarāṃśca te dadyāṃ tvāṣṭra tuṣṭastvadarcayā | tāñśṛṇuṣva mahābhāga liṃgasyāsyādbhutaśriyaḥ
ஓ த்வாஷ்ட்ரா! உன் அர்ச்சனையால் நான் திருப்தியடைந்தேன்; உனக்கு பிற வரங்களையும் அளிப்பேன். ஓ மகாபாகனே! இந்த லிங்கத்தின் அதிசயத் திருவழகைக் கேள்.
Bhava (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kāśī liṅga (specific liṅga not named in provided verses)
Type: temple
Scene: The speaker, pleased, addresses Tvāṣṭra and announces additional boons; a radiant liṅga stands central, emitting a subtle supernatural glow; attendants and lamps frame the shrine as the narrative invites listening to its splendor.
FAQs
Sincere worship (arcana) brings manifold grace, and the liṅga is revealed as a locus of extraordinary divine glory.
Kāśī’s Śaiva sacred space, centered on the liṅga (Viśveśvara traditionally implied).
Arcana (formal worship) of the liṅga; the verse introduces further teaching on the liṅga’s māhātmya.