Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 50 — देवपुर्यः, पुराणि, आयतनानि च; श्रीकण्ठाधिपत्य-प्रतिपादनम्
शतशृङ्गे पुरशतं यक्षाणाममितौजसाम् ताम्राभे काद्रवेयाणां विशाखे तु गुहस्य वै
śataśṛṅge puraśataṃ yakṣāṇāmamitaujasām tāmrābhe kādraveyāṇāṃ viśākhe tu guhasya vai
On Śataśṛṅga stand a hundred citadels of the Yakṣas, whose might is beyond measure. In Tāmrābha are the settlements of the Kādraveyas; and in Viśākha, indeed, is the abode of Guha (Skanda).
Suta (narrating the cosmography to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
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It situates Shiva’s wider sacred universe by naming realms and guardians; such cosmography frames Linga-puja as worship of Pati (Shiva) who pervades and governs all abodes, including Yaksha hosts and Skanda’s domain.
Indirectly, by presenting ordered abodes of powerful beings under a coherent cosmic arrangement, it implies Shiva-tattva as the supreme regulating principle (Pati) within which all beings—whether Yakshas or divine commanders like Guha—operate.
No specific rite is prescribed in this line; the takeaway is contemplative—using sacred geography as a support for dhyāna in Pāśupata orientation, recognizing the cosmos as upheld by the Lord beyond Pāśa (bondage).