यदुक्तं लिगमेकैकं महासारतरं परम् । काश्यां परमनिर्वाणकारणं कारणेश्वर
yaduktaṃ ligamekaikaṃ mahāsārataraṃ param | kāśyāṃ paramanirvāṇakāraṇaṃ kāraṇeśvara
“اے کارنیشور! آپ نے فرمایا کہ ہر ایک لِنگ، ایک ایک کر کے، نہایت جوہرِ اعظم ہے—اور کاشی میں اعلیٰ ترین نروان کا حقیقی سبب ہے۔”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kāśī liṅga-s (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (addressed as Kāraṇeśvara)
Scene: Devī addresses Śiva as Kāraṇeśvara, emphasizing that each liṅga in Kāśī is supremely essential and a cause of highest liberation; the scene is doctrinal and reverent.
In Kāśī, the worship and remembrance of Śiva’s liṅgas is taught as a direct cause of the highest liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a liberation-bestowing kṣetra.
Implicitly, devotion toward each liṅga is praised; no explicit rite is detailed in this verse.