Adi Mahadeva
Shiva
About
In Kashi Khand Adhyay 68, Lord Kartikeya has described various Shivalingas. In Satyuga, as a result of devotional prayer by the gods and sages, a linga appeared from the ground and got established. This was named Mahadev Linga. The credit for making Kashi a liberation area goes to this Linga. By worshiping in this temple with full devotion, the devotee gets a place in Shiva's world after death. Even if he left his body anywhere other than Kashi. If a devotee worships Lord Mahadev in Kashi, with full devotion, then he will get the fruit equal to worshiping all the Shivlings in the world and will attain Shiv Lok after death. There is a special importance of offering Yajnopavit in the Adi Mahadev Temple on the Shukla Paksha Chaturdashi of the month of Shravan.