Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
यातास्वस्मासु हृष्टासु भवती शयगौरवात् । अहो रत्नेश्वरं लिंगं प्रत्यक्षीकृतवत्यसि
yātāsvasmāsu hṛṣṭāsu bhavatī śayagauravāt | aho ratneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtavatyasi
ہم خوشی سے چلی گئیں، مگر تو نیند کے بوجھ کے سبب پیچھے رہ گئی۔ آہ! تو نے رتنیشور لِنگ کو اپنے سامنے عیاں کر لیا ہے۔
Friends of the maiden (within the narrative)
Tirtha: Ratneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)
Scene: Friends return delighted; the heroine, heavy with sleep, remained—yet she has made Ratneśvara liṅga manifest before her eyes; astonishment and reverence fill the space.
FAQs
True devotion culminates in pratyakṣa-anubhava—direct experience of the deity, not merely ritual formality.
Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, presented as capable of granting direct divine manifestation.
No new prescription; it highlights the fruit of worship—darśana/pratyakṣatā of Ratneśvara.