Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
तावूचतुः । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश त्रिभागेन समाश्रयम् । आवाभ्यां देहि लिंगेन येनैकत्राश्रयो भवेत्
tāvūcatuḥ | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa tribhāgena samāśrayam | āvābhyāṃ dehi liṃgena yenaikatrāśrayo bhavet
তেওঁলোকে দুয়োজনে ক’লে: “যদি তুমি সন্তুষ্ট হও, হে দেৱেশ্বৰ, তেন্তে লিঙ্গৰ দ্বাৰা ত্ৰিভাগে একেলগে আশ্ৰয় আমাক দিয়া, যাতে আমাৰ একেটা একত্ৰ শৰণস্থল হয়।”
Brahmā and Viṣṇu (together)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two supplicants stand before the Lord of gods, hands folded, requesting a shared threefold abode through the liṅga so that their refuge becomes one.
FAQs
The liṅga is affirmed as a unifying refuge—devotion seeks not division but shared sacred anchoring.
The liṅga-sthāna in this chapter where divine beings seek an enduring, shared āśraya.
A boon-request centered on liṅga-based establishment/āśraya (implying liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and continued worship).