Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्पुंसां ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । विलीयेत न संदेहो देहबंधोपि नो पुनः
talliṃgadarśanātpuṃsāṃ brahmahatyādipātakam | vilīyeta na saṃdeho dehabaṃdhopi no punaḥ
اس لِنگ کے محض درشن سے لوگوں کے گناہ—برہماہتیا وغیرہ—مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ حتیٰ کہ جسمانی بندھن بھی پھر لوٹ کر نہیں آتا۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees behold the liṅga; a visual metaphor of sins dissolving—dark smoke-like forms dispersing into light; the liṅga radiates a calm, liberating aura, suggesting release from bodily bondage.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Śaiva sacred power is such that sincere darśana itself becomes liberating and sin-dissolving.
A specific liṅga in Kāśī (later identified as Pārvatīśa/Pārvatīśvara) is praised for its extraordinary darśana-fruit.
Darśana (reverent viewing/visitation) of the liṅga is presented as the efficacious practice.