Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
तस्माद्वि लोकयामास प्रकृतिं विश्वरूपिणीम् । पृथक्स्थित्वाग्रतो जानाल्लिंगं प्रकृतिमेव च । ददर्श विमलं लिंगं प्रकृतिस्थं स्वभावतः
tasmādvi lokayāmāsa prakṛtiṃ viśvarūpiṇīm | pṛthaksthitvāgrato jānālliṃgaṃ prakṛtimeva ca | dadarśa vimalaṃ liṃgaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ svabhāvataḥ
ثم أبصر «بركريتي» التي صورتُها هي الكون كلّه. وإذ وقف منفصلاً، تبيّن أمامه اللِّينغا وبركريتي ذاتها؛ ورأى اللِّينغا الطاهر الذي لا دنس فيه، القائم بطبيعته في بركريتي.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)
Scene: Heramba beholds the universe-bodied Prakṛti and, distinct yet within it, the spotless Śiva-liṅga—an immanence vision where cosmos becomes a veil around a luminous axis.
FAQs
The pure Liṅga (Śiva-principle) is immanent in the manifest world (Prakṛti) while remaining stainless and transcendent.
The Kedāra milieu is implied; the Liṅga vision aligns with Kedāra’s Shaiva greatness (sthāna-māhātmya) in the Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes darśana—contemplative vision of Liṅga and cosmos.