वाराणस्यामधिष्ठात्री देवता साभिलाषदा । महादेवेति संज्ञा वै सर्वलिंगस्वरूपिणी
vārāṇasyāmadhiṣṭhātrī devatā sābhilāṣadā | mahādeveti saṃjñā vai sarvaliṃgasvarūpiṇī
وارانسی کی ادھِشٹھاتری دیوی، جو من چاہے مقاصد عطا کرتی ہے، حقیقتاً ‘مہادیوا’ کے نام سے معروف ہے؛ وہ تمام لِنگوں کے سوروپ اپنے اندر سموئے ہوئے ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) under Mahādevā’s adhiṣṭhāna
Type: kshetra
Scene: The goddess Mahādevā stands as Vārāṇasī’s presiding power, radiant and benevolent; behind her appear multiple liṅgas as emanations, showing her as sarva-liṅga-svarūpiṇī, granting boons to devotees.
Kāśī is governed by a presiding divine power that grants aspirations and is inseparable from the totality of Śiva’s Liṅga-presence.
Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) itself, described through its adhiṣṭhātrī devatā (presiding deity).
No specific rite is stated; the verse supports worship of the presiding deity and Liṅga-forms throughout Kāśī.