Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 188
तार्क्ष्यं पृथुस्तथा लिंगं सहस्रचरणाभिधम् । पक्षिणो व्योमलिंगं च नाम सर्वात्मकेति च
tārkṣyaṃ pṛthustathā liṃgaṃ sahasracaraṇābhidham | pakṣiṇo vyomaliṃgaṃ ca nāma sarvātmaketi ca
તાર્ક્ષ્ય (ગરુડ) અને પૃથુ ‘સહસ્રચરણ’ નામના લિંગની આરાધના કરે છે. પક્ષીઓ ‘વ્યોમલિંગ’ની પૂજા કરે છે; તેનું નામ ‘સર્વાત્મા’ છે.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced)
Scene: A cosmic tableau: Garuḍa (Tārkṣya) and King Pṛthu worship a towering liṅga labeled ‘Sahasracaraṇa’; flocks of birds circle a translucent, sky-hued liṅga ‘Sarvātman’ suspended amid clouds and light.
FAQs
Śiva pervades sky and earth; His cosmic form is praised through universal epithets like Sarvātman.
No particular pilgrimage site is named.
It suggests contemplative worship of a ‘vyoma-liṅga’ (sky/space symbol), aligning worship with all-pervading reality.