नार्यावर्तसुमो देशो न काशी सदृशी पुरी । न विश्वेश समं लिंगं क्वापि बह्मांडमंडले
nāryāvartasumo deśo na kāśī sadṛśī purī | na viśveśa samaṃ liṃgaṃ kvāpi bahmāṃḍamaṃḍale
آریاورت جیسی برتر سرزمین کوئی نہیں؛ کاشی جیسا شہر کوئی نہیں؛ اور پورے برہمانڈ کے دائرے میں وِشوِیش کے برابر کوئی لِنگ کہیں نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) — Viśveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A panoramic vision of Āryāvarta leading to the luminous city of Kāśī on the Gaṅgā, culminating in the Viśveśvara liṅga radiating as the cosmic center; devotees in reverent stuti posture.
Kāśī is proclaimed uniquely supreme as a liberating city, and Viśveśvara is affirmed as the unparalleled cosmic Lord in liṅga-form.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and the Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha) liṅga of Kāśī.
No explicit rite; the verse functions as mahātmya—motivating darśana and worship of Viśveśvara in Kāśī.