तारकेशं महालिंगं तारकाख्यो गणोत्तमः । तारकज्ञानदं पुंसां मुनेऽद्यापि समर्चयेत्
tārakeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ tārakākhyo gaṇottamaḥ | tārakajñānadaṃ puṃsāṃ mune'dyāpi samarcayet
اے مُنی، آج بھی باقاعدہ طور پر ‘تارکیش’ نام کے مہا لِنگ کی، اور ‘تارک’ نامی برترین گن کے ساتھ، پوجا کرنی چاہیے؛ کیونکہ یہ انسانوں کو نجات بخش ‘تارک-گیان’ عطا کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Tārakeśa (Tārakeśvara) Liṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A radiant black-stone liṅga labeled Tārakeśa, garlanded with bilva and white flowers; beside it stands the gaṇa Tāraka as a protective attendant; a sage receives a beam of ‘tāraka-jñāna’ as light from the liṅga.
Worship of Tārakeśvara in Kāśī grants liberating insight—knowledge that carries one across saṃsāra.
The Tārakeśvara (Tārakeśa) Mahāliṅga shrine-site in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Samarcana—proper worship of the Tārakeśvara liṅga (and honoring the gaṇa Tāraka) is enjoined.