Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अथ ते पंचमं वच्मि सिद्धलिगं महाप्रभम् । ब्रह्मणो नैरृते भागे धनुषां षोडशे स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | atha te paṃcamaṃ vacmi siddhaligaṃ mahāprabham | brahmaṇo nairṛte bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśe sthitam
ঈশ্বৰ উৱাচ: এতিয়া মই তোমাক পঞ্চম—মহাপ্ৰভাৱান সিদ্ধলিঙ্গ—ক’ম; ই ব্ৰহ্মাৰ নৈঋত (দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম) ভাগত ষোড়শ ধনুৰ দূৰত্বত অৱস্থিত।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddhaliṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva speaks to Pārvatī, pointing toward the south-west; a luminous liṅga (Siddhaliṅga) is envisioned at a measured distance, with a subtle sacred map-like layout of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred places are mapped and remembered as dharmic geography; knowing and approaching such Liṅgas is part of tīrtha-oriented devotion.
Siddhaliṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, placed in the south-western quarter associated with Brahmā.
No rite is prescribed here; the verse primarily gives identification and location.