आनंदकानने मुक्त्यै प्रोक्तान्येतानि सुंदरि । प्रिये चतुर्दशेज्यानि महालिंगानि देहिनाम्
ānaṃdakānane muktyai proktānyetāni suṃdari | priye caturdaśejyāni mahāliṃgāni dehinām
اے خوبصورت! آنندکانن میں مکتی کے لیے انہی کا بیان کیا گیا ہے۔ اے پیاری! جسم دھاریوں کے لیے یہی چودہ مہا لِنگ عبادت کے مقصود ہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Ānandakānana (within Kāśī/Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A sacred grove (kānana) filled with flowering trees and small shrines; fourteen radiant liṅgas appear like pillars of light, with Śiva’s presence pervading the forest-bliss atmosphere.
Kāśī as Ānandakānana is explicitly taught as a liberation-zone, and its fourteen mahāliṅgas form a complete devotional program for seekers.
Ānandakānana—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)—as a mukti-bestowing sacred forest/city.
Ijya/arcana (worship) of the fourteen mahāliṅgas is recommended for embodied beings seeking liberation.