Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
यः पश्यति नरो भक्त्या तत्रैकादशरुद्रकम् । सिद्धेश्वरसमं तेन दृष्टाः सर्वे महेश्वराः
yaḥ paśyati naro bhaktyā tatraikādaśarudrakam | siddheśvarasamaṃ tena dṛṣṭāḥ sarve maheśvarāḥ
যে ব্যক্তি ভক্তিভরে সেখানে সিদ্ধেশ্বরসম একাদশ-রুদ্রক দর্শন করে, তার দ্বারা যেন সকল মহেশ্বরের রূপই দর্শিত হয়।
Sūta
Tirtha: Ekādaśa-rudraka (at Śaṅkha-tīrtha kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A devotee stands before a shrine showing eleven Rudra aspects (or eleven liṅgas) arranged in a sacred pattern, with Siddheśvara as the central or equivalent presence; lamps and bilva offerings abound.
FAQs
Devotional darśana at a preeminent Śaiva shrine is treated as equivalent to beholding Śiva in all his manifold manifestations.
The Ekādaśa-rudraka associated with Siddheśvara is glorified as a comprehensive Śaiva darśana-site.
Bhakti-yukta darśana (devout viewing) of the Ekādaśa-rudraka shrine/form.