Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
गौर्युवाच । सापत्न्यजेर्ष्यया देव मया लिंगं प्रकल्पितम् । तस्मात्कटेश्वराख्या च लोके चास्य भविष्यति
gauryuvāca | sāpatnyajerṣyayā deva mayā liṃgaṃ prakalpitam | tasmātkaṭeśvarākhyā ca loke cāsya bhaviṣyati
Gaurī sprach: „O Herr, aus Eifersucht, die aus der Rivalität mit einer Mitgattin entsprang, habe ich diesen Liṅga gestaltet. Darum wird er in der Welt auch unter dem Namen Kaṭeśvara bekannt sein.“
Gaurī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kaṭeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (addressed as Deva)
Scene: Gaurī, in a moment of intense but contained emotion, fashions a liṅga before Śiva; the atmosphere shifts from rivalry to sanctification as the liṅga receives its world-known name, Kaṭeśvara.
FAQs
Even human-like emotions in divine narratives are transformed into sacred outcomes, establishing worship-sites for the world’s benefit.
Kaṭeśvara—the liṅga and its locale, named and established through Gaurī’s act.
Implicitly, worship of the Kaṭeśvara liṅga, whose establishment and naming are being declared.