Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80
त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव मा मे लिङ्गं प्रणश्यतु । अर्चितं मे सुरश्रेष्ठ ध्यातं भक्त्या मया विभो
tvatprasādānmahādeva mā me liṅgaṃ praṇaśyatu | arcitaṃ me suraśreṣṭha dhyātaṃ bhaktyā mayā vibho
Durch Deine Gnade, o Mahādeva, möge mein Liṅga nicht zugrunde gehen. O Bester der Götter, o Herr—ich habe ihn verehrt und in Hingabe betrachtet, o Vibhū.
Unspecified penitent addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha liṅga-sthānas (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A devotee pleads before Śiva, gesturing toward a consecrated liṅga—garlanded, wet with abhiṣeka—asking that it not be destroyed; the scene emphasizes the sanctity of the worshipped emblem and the devotee’s long practice of meditation.
FAQs
Devotion seeks not entitlement but grace; the liṅga symbolizes steadfast faith even amid consequences.
No single tīrtha is named; within Revā Khaṇḍa the emphasis is on Śaiva worship as the heart of pilgrimage merit.
Arcanā (worship) and dhyāna (meditation) of Śiva are explicitly referenced; the prayer asks for the liṅga’s preservation through divine grace.