Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
तत्कथं तत्र गत्वाऽथ लिंगभेदं करोम्यहम् । स्वयं माहेश्वरो भूत्वा प्रतिज्ञाय च वै स्वयम्
tatkathaṃ tatra gatvā'tha liṃgabhedaṃ karomyaham | svayaṃ māheśvaro bhūtvā pratijñāya ca vai svayam
Comment donc, après m’y être rendu, pourrais-je commettre le sacrilège de briser le liṅga, moi qui suis devenu de moi-même un dévot de Maheśvara et qui ai moi-même prononcé mon vœu ?
Vibhīṣaṇa
Type: temple
Listener: dūta (messenger)
Scene: Vibhīṣaṇa stands before a liṅga, hands raised in a gesture of restraint and reverence; a messenger awaits an action, but Vibhīṣaṇa’s face shows firm devotion—he will not break the liṅga; a faint vision of Maheśvara’s presence sanctifies the scene.
FAQs
Devotion and vows create moral constraints: a true Māheśvara will not violate the sanctity of a liṅga or break a sworn promise.
The passage belongs to the Rāmeśvara tīrtha narrative stream within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Avoid liṅga-bheda (damage/violation of the liṅga) and uphold one’s pratijñā, especially in sacred precincts.
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