स्वयंभुवोस्य लिंगस्य मम विश्वेशितुः सुराः । राजसूयसहस्रस्य फलं स्यात्स्पर्शमात्रतः
svayaṃbhuvosya liṃgasya mama viśveśituḥ surāḥ | rājasūyasahasrasya phalaṃ syātsparśamātrataḥ
Hỡi chư thiên, Liṅga tự hiện này là của Ta—của Ta, Đấng Chúa Tể của vũ trụ. Chỉ cần chạm vào thôi cũng ban quả báo của một nghìn lễ tế Rājasūya.
Śiva (self-identification as viśveśitṛ and the Kāśīkhaṇḍa Śaiva setting)
Tirtha: Kāśī—svayaṃbhū liṅga of Viśveśvara (as framed here)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas (‘surāḥ’)
Scene: A sanctum where the liṅga appears ancient and self-arisen from the earth; a devotee reaches out to touch the pedestal/stone with trembling reverence; above, cosmic imagery hints at ‘Viśveśitṛ’—lordship over worlds.
Physical reverence (touch) toward the self-manifest divine symbol is celebrated as an exceptionally potent path of merit in Kāśī.
Kāśī, focusing on a svayaṃbhu (self-manifest) Liṅga associated with the Lord of the universe (Viśveśvara).
Sparśa—devotional touching of the Liṅga (where permitted by custom and temple rule), extolled as granting vast yajña-equivalent merit.