Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
अपश्यदुत्थितं लिंगं स चैवं प्रत्यपद्यत । ततः प्रत्यक्षतां प्राप्तो भवश्चक्रे तयोर्दृढे
apaśyadutthitaṃ liṃgaṃ sa caivaṃ pratyapadyata | tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ prāpto bhavaścakre tayordṛḍhe
Il vit le Liṅga s’élever, et comprit ainsi la vérité de ce prodige. Alors Bhava (Śiva) se manifesta en personne et rendit leur résolution ferme et inébranlable.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Aruṇodbhava/utthita-liṅga near Prabhāsa (twin-Somanātha context)
Type: temple
Scene: A pilgrim beholds the liṅga rising; immediately Śiva (Bhava) appears in visible form, blessing the two devotees and making their resolve adamant.
FAQs
True recognition of the Śiva-liṅga culminates in pratyakṣa-darśana—Śiva’s grace becomes directly experienced and steadies one’s resolve.
The verse continues a Prabhāsa/Somanātha-centered mahatmya sequence; the immediate site is tied to the manifestation of a liṅga that leads toward Prabhāsa and Śiva’s abode.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on darśana of the liṅga and the resulting divine manifestation.