Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
चंद्र उवाच । यदि देयो वरोऽस्माकं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । सांनिध्यं कुरु देवेश लिंगेऽस्मिन्सर्वदा विभो
caṃdra uvāca | yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru deveśa liṃge'sminsarvadā vibho
Candra dit : «Si une grâce doit m’être accordée—si tu es satisfait de moi, ô Seigneur—alors, ô Dieu des dieux, ô Toi qui pénètres tout, demeure à jamais par ta présence dans ce liṅga.»
Candra (Soma)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
Scene: Candra, radiant yet humble, petitions Śiva: ‘Abide forever in this liṅga’; the liṅga becomes the focal axis between devotee and deity.
FAQs
Devotion seeks not worldly gain but the Lord’s continual presence (sānnidhya) at a sacred form and place.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), famed for the Somnātha liṅga tradition.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a direct devotional request for perpetual divine presence in the liṅga.