Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
सख्यः प्रदक्षिणीकर्तुं लिंगं तिस्रोऽप्युमे गताः । तस्या गीतेन तुष्टोहं लिंगस्थो वरदोभवम्
sakhyaḥ pradakṣiṇīkartuṃ liṃgaṃ tisro'pyume gatāḥ | tasyā gītena tuṣṭohaṃ liṃgastho varadobhavam
اے اُما، اس کی تینوں سہیلیاں بھی لِنگ کی پردکشِنا کرنے گئیں۔ اس دوشیزہ کے گیت سے خوش ہو کر میں—لِنگ میں مقیم—عطا کرنے والا بن گیا۔
Śiva (addressing Umā/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Ratneśa-liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Umā (Pārvatī)
Scene: Three friends circle the liṅga while the maiden sings; within the liṅga a subtle vision of Śiva’s presence manifests as a boon-giving radiance, as if the stone itself becomes conscious.
FAQs
Pradakṣiṇā and devotional singing are potent offerings that quickly invoke Śiva’s boon-bestowing presence.
Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, a focal shrine within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of the liṅga, alongside gīta/kīrtana as worship.