Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
लिंगानि परितस्ताभिः स्वनाम्नास्थापि तान्यपि । तेषां संदर्शनात्पुंसां तासां स्नानफलं भवेत्
liṃgāni paritastābhiḥ svanāmnāsthāpi tānyapi | teṣāṃ saṃdarśanātpuṃsāṃ tāsāṃ snānaphalaṃ bhavet
اور اس مہا لِنگ کے گرد اُن (ندیوں) نے اپنے اپنے ناموں والے لِنگ بھی قائم کیے ہیں۔ اُن کے محض درشن سے ہی انسان کو اُن ندیوں میں اسنان کا سا ہی پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: River-named liṅgas around Triviṣṭapa (e.g., Sarasvatīśvara, Yamuneśa, Narmadeśa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A central great liṅga with a ring of smaller liṅgas, each subtly marked by river emblems (waves, lotuses, fish) and attended by river-devis; pilgrims stand with folded hands, receiving merit through mere sight.
FAQs
In Kāśī, sacred sight (darśana) itself becomes a purifier, granting tīrtha-merit even without physical bathing.
The cluster of river-associated Liṅgas established around the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga in Kāśī.
Pilgrimage-darśana: simply visiting and seeing these Liṅgas is said to confer the fruit of bathing in the corresponding rivers.