Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
एते चान्ये च बहवो देवव्रतपरायणाः । केचित्स्नानं कारयंति तस्य लिंगस्य भक्तितः
ete cānye ca bahavo devavrataparāyaṇāḥ | kecitsnānaṃ kārayaṃti tasya liṃgasya bhaktitaḥ
এরা এবং আরও বহুজন দেবব্রতে পরায়ণ ভক্ত ছিলেন। তাঁদের মধ্যে কেউ কেউ ভক্তিভরে সেই লিঙ্গের অভিষেক-স্নান সম্পন্ন করাতেন।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga-sthāna
Type: temple
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Sages and devotees gather around a Śiva-liṅga, pouring water in streams from kalaśas; some hold vessels, others chant; the king continues his circumambulation nearby.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself through vrata and seva—especially service to the liṅga through ritual bathing.
The liṅga of Acaleśvara within the Arbuda sacred geography.
Snāna/abhiṣeka—performing or arranging the ceremonial bathing of the Śiva-liṅga.