Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 178
यवजं देवलो लिंगं पतिमित्येव नाम च । वल्मीकजं च वाल्मीकिश्चिरवासीति नाम च
yavajaṃ devalo liṃgaṃ patimityeva nāma ca | valmīkajaṃ ca vālmīkiściravāsīti nāma ca
দেবল যবজাত লিঙ্গ প্রতিষ্ঠা করলেন; তার নাম ‘পতি’—প্রভু। আর বাল্মীকি উইঢিবি/বাল্মীকজাত লিঙ্গ স্থাপন করে তার নাম রাখলেন ‘চিরবাসী’—চিরকাল অধিষ্ঠাতা।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Scene: Two sages in a forested hermitage: Devala shaping a small barley liṅga on a clean altar; Vālmīki near an anthill, reverently forming/adorning an earthen liṅga, with Śiva’s subtle presence implied by aura and bilva leaves.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is ‘ever-abiding’—discoverable even in humble earth like an anthill and worshipable through the simplest grains.
No explicit tirtha is mentioned; the verse highlights sages and their consecrations rather than a pilgrimage locale.
Constructing a Liṅga from barley or earth (anthill) is implied; no further ritual details are given.