Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
स्वयमेकांबरात्क्षेत्रात्कृत्तिवासा इहागतः । कृत्तिवाससि लिंगेत्र स्वयमेव व्यवस्थितः
svayamekāṃbarātkṣetrātkṛttivāsā ihāgataḥ | kṛttivāsasi liṃgetra svayameva vyavasthitaḥ
کِرتّی واسا خود ایکامبر کے مقدّس کھیتر سے یہاں تشریف لائے؛ اور کِرتّی واس کے اس لِنگ میں وہ اپنی ہی مرضی سے قائم ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāsa-liṅga (in Rudrasthalī/Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as Kṛttivāsa—wearing a skin garment—journeys mystically from Ekāmbara-kṣetra to Kāśī and becomes present as a liṅga; the liṅga radiates as if freshly manifested, with no human hands installing it.
FAQs
The holiness of Kāśī is reinforced through a self-manifestation motif: Śiva chooses to abide there in a specific liṅga form.
The Kṛttivāsa Liṅga in Kāśī, with a link to Ekāmbara Kṣetra as a point of origin.
No explicit ritual; the verse provides a sacred provenance for the liṅga to inspire pilgrimage and worship.