Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
विभूत्याहरहः स्नाति त्रिकालं लिंगमर्चयन् । नांतरं स विजानाति शिवलिंगे गुरौ तथा
vibhūtyāharahaḥ snāti trikālaṃ liṃgamarcayan | nāṃtaraṃ sa vijānāti śivaliṃge gurau tathā
وہ روز بروز اشنان کرتا، ویبھوتی لگاتا اور تینوں اوقات میں لِنگ کی پوجا کرتا تھا۔ شِو لِنگ اور گرو میں وہ کوئی فرق نہیں سمجھتا تھا۔
Śiva (continuing the narrative addressed to Aparṇā)
Scene: Vasiṣṭha, ash-marked, performs worship to a Śiva-liṅga three times a day; in a parallel visual, the guru stands beside the liṅga with identical reverence, showing abheda-bhāva.
FAQs
True Śaiva devotion sees the guru and Śiva as one in essence, expressed through steady daily worship.
The chapter’s Kāśī setting (Hara-pāpa-hrada milieu) as the ground for rigorous Śaiva sādhanā.
Daily bathing with vibhūti observance and trikāla liṅga-arcana (worship three times daily).