Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
कस्मिंश्चिदथ काले तु निर्भिद्य धरणीतलम् । तदग्रतः समुत्तस्थौ लिगं माहेश्वरं प्रिये
kasmiṃścidatha kāle tu nirbhidya dharaṇītalam | tadagrataḥ samuttasthau ligaṃ māheśvaraṃ priye
ثم في وقتٍ ما، شقَّ سطحَ الأرضِ فارتفع أمامها لِنْغَمٌ مَاهيشْوَرِيّ، يا حبيبة.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ratīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The ground splits open before the ascetic Rati; from the cleft rises a radiant Māheśvara liṅga, newly emerged, surrounded by subtle light and trembling earth—an epiphany answering her tapas.
FAQs
The sacred responds to sincere tapas: the liṅga’s manifestation symbolizes divine presence becoming accessible in a particular place.
Ratīśvara’s liṅga-site in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, marked by the liṅga’s emergence from the earth.
None directly; it narrates the miraculous appearance that grounds later worship and pilgrimage.