Description of Various Tirlhas^ : The glory of Varanasi concluded - Verse 9
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 35 · Verse 9
Sanskrit Original
तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा दिशश्च सदिगीश्वराः। लोकपालाश्च सिद्धाश्च पितरो लोकसंमताः।।
tatra brahmādayo devā diśaśca sadigīśvarāḥ| lokapālāśca siddhāśca pitaro lokasaṃmatāḥ||
(Vyasa visited) Gahga Tirtha, the excellent sacred place Devesa, Kapila, Somesa as well as the unsurpassable Brahma Tirtha. 9A. ( Verses in brackets) The Lihga (at Brahmatirtha) should be worshipped. Visnu installed that Lihga of Isvara while Brahma had gone to take his bath. 9B. When Brahma returned after his bath, he asked Hari—‘‘This Lihga had been brought by me. Wherefore did you instal it ?” 9G. Visnu replied to him—“Since my devotion to Rudra is greater than yours, the Lihga has been installed by me. But it will be known after your name (i.e. Brahma Tirtha).”