Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
एतन्माहेश्वरं लिंगं योऽस्य चांते गमिष्यति । स ज्येष्ठः स विभुः कर्त्ता युवयोर्नात्र संशयः
etanmāheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yo'sya cāṃte gamiṣyati | sa jyeṣṭhaḥ sa vibhuḥ karttā yuvayornātra saṃśayaḥ
«هذا هو لِـنْغَمُ الماهيشڤرا. من يبلغ نهايته—فهو الأكبر، وهو الربّ الشامل لكل شيء، وهو الفاعل الحقّ بينكما؛ لا ريب في ذلك.»
Aśarīriṇī Vāk (incorporeal divine voice)
Tirtha: Māheśvara Liṅga (Ananta/Jyoti-liṅga motif)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Royal interlocutor
Scene: The bodiless voice identifies the pillar as Māheśvara; Brahmā and Viṣṇu stand dwarfed by the infinite liṅga, realizing the futility of reaching its end.
FAQs
Supremacy is not claimed by argument but revealed by truth; the Infinite cannot be measured, and humility is the correct response.
Arbuda’s Māheśvara liṅga setting—presented as a sacred manifestation within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s travel-sacral map.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse frames a theological criterion that culminates in worship and praise in subsequent verses.