Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150
लिंगोद्भवस्तथा देशः सहस्राणि दशैव च । भद्रश्च देवभद्रश्च प्रत्येकं दशकौ स्मृतौ
liṃgodbhavastathā deśaḥ sahasrāṇi daśaiva ca | bhadraśca devabhadraśca pratyekaṃ daśakau smṛtau
De même, la terre appelée Liṅgodbhava est bien de dix mille (villages). Et Bhadra et Devabhadra—chacune—sont tenues en mémoire comme dix mille.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Liṅgodbhava (as deśa-name, not a single shrine here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage or narrator points to a stylized bhū-maṇḍala map, inscribing the names ‘Liṅgodbhava’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Devabhadra’ with numerals indicating village-counts; attendants listen in a forest āśrama.
FAQs
Shaiva place-names (like Liṅgodbhava) signal how devotion to Śiva permeates geography, turning regions into carriers of sacred meaning.
No single tīrtha is described; the verse lists deśas, including a Śaiva-named region, Liṅgodbhava.
None.