Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
दूरस्थितैरप्यधिबुद्धिभिर्यैर्लिंगं समाराधि ममेदमत्र । मयैव दत्तैः शुभवस्तुजातैर्निःश्रेयसः श्रीर्वसं येत्सतस्तान्
dūrasthitairapyadhibuddhibhiryairliṃgaṃ samārādhi mamedamatra | mayaiva dattaiḥ śubhavastujātairniḥśreyasaḥ śrīrvasaṃ yetsatastān
جو لوگ دور رہتے ہوئے بھی بلند فہم کے ساتھ یہاں میرے اس لِنگ کی آرادھنا کرتے ہیں—ان پر میرے ہی عطا کردہ مبارک نذرانوں کے ذریعے نِشریَس، یعنی نجاتِ اعلیٰ کی شری ہمیشہ قائم رہتی ہے۔
Śiva (contextual, within Kāśīkhaṇḍa instruction)
Tirtha: Ānandavana Liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience/interlocutor in Kāśī discourse
Scene: A devotee far from Kāśī sits in meditation, visualizing the Liṅga and Gaṅgā; a luminous thread connects their heart to the Kāśī shrine, while Śiva’s grace manifests as auspicious offerings appearing—flowers, bilva, lamp—symbolizing divinely granted means toward liberation.
FAQs
Sincere, discerning devotion to Kāśī’s Liṅga brings the highest welfare; divine grace supplies the means and the fruit tends toward liberation.
The sacred Liṅga of Kāśī in this adhyāya’s setting (Ānandavana/Viśveśvara sphere).
Samārādhana (proper worship) with auspicious offerings; it also affirms the efficacy of devotion even when one is physically distant.