Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
एतत्संदर्शनार्थाय लिंगमूर्तिरभूद्विभुः । तल्लिंगमतुलं देवा नमश्चक्रुर्मुदान्विताः
etatsaṃdarśanārthāya liṃgamūrtirabhūdvibhuḥ | talliṃgamatulaṃ devā namaścakrurmudānvitāḥ
इस दर्शन को प्रदान करने हेतु सर्वव्यापी प्रभु ने लिङ्ग-स्वरूप धारण किया। उस अतुलनीय लिङ्ग को देखकर देवगण हर्षित होकर श्रद्धापूर्वक प्रणाम करने लगे।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrative voice
Scene: The all-pervading Lord manifests as a radiant, incomparable liṅga; the assembled devas, faces uplifted in wonder, bow with folded hands, their crowns catching the liṅga’s glow.
FAQs
Divine revelation (darśana) is compassion: Śiva takes a worshipable form so beings may approach Him with devotion.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the focus is the Liṅga as a universal sacred presence.
Reverential bowing (namaskāra) and worship of the Liṅga are implied as the proper response to darśana.