Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
तस्मै सर्वं समाचख्युस्तेनैव सहितास्ततः । जग्मुर्यत्र महादेवो लिंगेन रहितो विभुः
tasmai sarvaṃ samācakhyustenaiva sahitāstataḥ | jagmuryatra mahādevo liṃgena rahito vibhuḥ
Sie berichteten Viṣṇu alles. Dann gingen sie, von ihm begleitet, dorthin, wo der mächtige Mahādeva ohne sein Liṅga war.
Narrator
Tirtha: Liṅga-rahita Mahādeva-sthāna (within Prabhāsa narrative; often tied to Somnātha restoration motifs)
Type: temple
Listener: null
Scene: Devas stand before reclining Viṣṇu, narrate the calamity; then Viṣṇu rises and leads them toward a stark, numinous place where Śiva’s liṅga is absent—an empty pedestal or sanctum glowing with latent power.
FAQs
The Purāṇas emphasize harmony among divine functions—preservation and dissolution cooperate to restore dharma.
The narrative points back to Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the sacred locus tied to the liṅga’s fall and restoration.
Not explicit; the implied aim is re-establishing the liṅga and cosmic order.