Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
ततःप्रभृति लिंगस्य मर्त्त्ये पूजा व्यजायत । पुरासीच्छंकरः पूज्यो यथान्ये त्रिदशालयाः
tataḥprabhṛti liṃgasya marttye pūjā vyajāyata | purāsīcchaṃkaraḥ pūjyo yathānye tridaśālayāḥ
From that time onward, worship of the Liṅga arose among mortals. In former times, Śaṅkara was worshipped only as the other gods are worshipped in their celestial abodes.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A temporal shift is depicted: mortals begin organized worship of the liṅga at Arbuda—offerings, lamps, water abhiṣeka—while the memory of earlier celestial worship lingers in the background as devas in their abodes.
FAQs
Sacred worship practices on earth are presented as divinely instituted, making temple-pūjā a continuation of cosmic reverence.
The Arbuda-kṣetra liṅga, whose worship is said to have become established among humans.
The verse generally affirms liṅga-pūjā among mortals; it does not specify a particular offering or procedure.