Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तमर्बुदे पर्वतोत्तमे । लिंगस्य पतनात्पूजां यन्मां त्वं परि पृच्छसि
evametatpurāvṛttamarbude parvatottame | liṃgasya patanātpūjāṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ pari pṛcchasi
Thus it came to pass in ancient times on Arbuda, the most excellent of mountains. You ask me of the worship that arose from the descent (falling) of the Liṅga.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to an inquiring listener (deduced)
Tirtha: Arbuda (liṅga-pātana-nidāna kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the account, gesturing toward Arbuda as the ‘best of mountains,’ indicating that the worship practice originated from the liṅga’s descent; listeners sit attentively in an āśrama setting with the mountain in view.
FAQs
Sacred history (purāvṛtta) grounds present-day worship: rituals are tied to a specific divine event at a specific place.
Arbuda, praised as ‘parvatottama’ (the foremost mountain), connected to a liṅga’s descent.
None directly; it introduces the explanation of how liṅga-pūjā became associated with the liṅga’s descent.