इदं मया योगरहस्यमुक्तमेवंविधं गौतमः प्राप योगम् । तेनैतच्च स्थापितं पार्थ लिंगं संदर्शनादर्चनात्कल्मषघ्नम्
idaṃ mayā yogarahasyamuktamevaṃvidhaṃ gautamaḥ prāpa yogam | tenaitacca sthāpitaṃ pārtha liṃgaṃ saṃdarśanādarcanātkalmaṣaghnam
یوں میں نے یوگ کا پوشیدہ راز بیان کیا۔ اسی طریقے سے گوتم نے یوگ حاصل کیا؛ اسی لیے، اے پارتھ، اس نے یہ لِنگ قائم کیا—جو محض دیدار سے اور پوجا (ارچنا) سے گناہوں کو مٹانے والا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gautama-sthāpita Pārtha-liṅga (name not explicit; liṅga addressed to Pārtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: Skanda (or the narrator) concluding a yogic teaching; sage Gautama installing a liṅga; devotees approaching for darśana and worship, aura of purification.
Yoga realization culminates in Śiva-bhakti expressed through establishing and honoring a sin-destroying liṅga.
The verse points to the sacred locale of the Gautama-established Liṅga, tied to Ahalyā-saras mentioned immediately after in the chapter.
Darśana (seeing) and arcana (worship) of the Gautama-established liṅga are said to destroy impurities (kalmaṣa).