Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
तत्र लिंगे वरो दत्तो देवदेवेन यः पुनः । निशामय मुने तं तु भक्तानां हितकाम्यया
tatra liṃge varo datto devadevena yaḥ punaḥ | niśāmaya mune taṃ tu bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Tại đó, Đấng Thần của các thần đã ban một ân phúc cho liṅga ấy. Hỡi bậc hiền triết, hãy lắng nghe ân phúc ấy, được nói ra vì lòng mong cầu lợi lạc cho hàng tín đồ.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A sage is addressed—‘Listen, O muni’—as the narrator prepares to reveal the boon granted by Devadeva to the liṅga; the scene shifts from action to proclamation.
FAQs
Divine boons in tīrtha narratives are framed as compassionate provisions for devotees’ uplift.
A liṅga in Kāśī is being introduced with a special boon attached to it.
No specific rite here; it transitions into the promised results (vara) connected to worship.