Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
चित्रशर्मोवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि मे देव वरं चेन्मे प्रयच्छसि । तदत्रागच्छ पातालाल्लिंगरूपी सुरेश्वर
citraśarmovāca | yadi tuṣṭosi me deva varaṃ cenme prayacchasi | tadatrāgaccha pātālālliṃgarūpī sureśvara
Citraśarman dit : «Si tu es satisfait de moi, ô Seigneur, et si tu veux m’accorder une grâce, alors viens ici depuis Pātāla sous la forme d’un liṅga, ô Maître des dieux.»
Citraśarman
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (invoked as liṅga-form to be brought/manifested)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Citraśarman, hands raised in supplication, addresses the Lord: a vision of Śiva emerging from subterranean depths as a radiant liṅga-form, with nāga motifs hinting at Pātāla.
FAQs
The devotee seeks not personal dominion but the tangible presence of Śiva for continual worship and the sanctification of a place.
The Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha/temple setting is central, as the boon explicitly requests Śiva’s manifestation here as a liṅga.
The implied prescription is liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing Śiva as a liṅga) leading to ongoing worship at the site.