Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
आकल्पांतं रुद्रलोके मोदते रुद्रवत्सुखी । एवंविधफलं लिंगमतो भूयोऽप्यधो न हि
ākalpāṃtaṃ rudraloke modate rudravatsukhī | evaṃvidhaphalaṃ liṃgamato bhūyo'pyadho na hi
कल्पान्त तक वह रुद्रलोक में रुद्र के समान सुखी होकर आनन्द करता है। ऐसा फल देने वाला यह लिङ्ग है; इसलिए वह फिर कभी नीचे (अधोगति) नहीं गिरता।
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Rudraloka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāsena (Skanda)
Scene: The devotee ascends to Rudraloka: a luminous realm with Rudra-like bliss; Śiva’s attendants welcome him; below, the cycle of lower births fades away, signifying ‘no falling again’.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through Śiva-liṅga worship leads to enduring joy in Rudra’s realm and prevents spiritual downfall.
This verse praises the greatness of the Śiva-liṅga itself; no specific tīrtha is explicitly named in the shloka.
The implied practice is Śiva-liṅga worship/establishment, highlighted through its promised fruit (phala).