कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिंगं येर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः । प्रविष्टास्ते शरीरे मे तेषां नास्ति पुनर्भवः
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yercayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | praviṣṭāste śarīre me teṣāṃ nāsti punarbhavaḥ
جو انسان کِرتّیواسیشور کے لِنگ کی ارچنا (پوجا) کرتے ہیں، وہ میرے ہی وجود میں داخل ہو جاتے ہیں؛ ان کے لیے پھر جنم نہیں رہتا۔
Śiva (deduced from “My being/body” soteriological claim)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī or a sage interlocutor in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (contextual)
Scene: A devotee offers flowers and bilva to the liṅga; behind the liṅga, a subtle cosmic form of Śiva (viśvarūpa-like) appears, and the devotee’s silhouette merges into the divine radiance, symbolizing ‘entering My body’.
Liṅga-worship at Kṛttivāseśvara is depicted as union with Śiva and freedom from rebirth.
Kṛttivāseśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.
Arcana/pujā (worship) of the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga.