कृत्तिवासं समाराध्य भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा । सर्वलिंगाराधनजं फलं काश्यामवाप्यते
kṛttivāsaṃ samārādhya bhaktiyuktena cetasā | sarvaliṃgārādhanajaṃ phalaṃ kāśyāmavāpyate
بھکتی سے بھرے ہوئے دل کے ساتھ کرتّی واس کی عبادت کرنے سے، کاشی میں وہ پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے جو تمام لِنگوں کی پوجا سے پیدا ہوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśa/Kṛttivāsa (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Sage interlocutor
Scene: A devotee with folded hands and offerings (bilva, water, lamp) before the Kṛttivāseśa liṅga; behind, faint silhouettes of many other liṅgas dissolve into a single radiant aura, indicating ‘all-liṅga fruit’ contained here.
Focused devotion at a supremely sanctified shrine can equal the merit of extensive worship elsewhere.
The shrine of Kṛttivāsa/Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī.
Perform heartfelt worship (ārādhana) of Kṛttivāsa with bhakti.