Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
दिव्येनाष्टविधेनात्र कोशः साधारणोऽत्र च । अघोराद्यैः पंचमंत्रैः स्नाप्य लिंगं महोज्जवलम्
divyenāṣṭavidhenātra kośaḥ sādhāraṇo'tra ca | aghorādyaiḥ paṃcamaṃtraiḥ snāpya liṃgaṃ mahojjavalam
यहाँ दिव्य अष्टविध द्रव्यों से, प्रथा के अनुसार, कोश (कलश/पात्र) तैयार किया जाता है; फिर अघोर आदि पाँच मंत्रों से महाप्रभामय लिंग का अभिषेक करके विधि पूर्ण होती है।
Śiva (deduced from continuing instruction style in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor of the chapter
Scene: Priests prepare a consecration vessel with eight offerings; they pour streams of water/milk over a shining liṅga while chanting the Pañcabrahma mantras beginning with Aghora; the liṅga gleams intensely in lamplight.
FAQs
Śiva’s worship becomes luminous and effective when performed with correct mantra and consecrated procedure.
No named tīrtha appears; the focus is on liṅga-abhiṣeka procedure within the Purāṇic-Śaiva framework.
Prepare a consecrated vessel with an eightfold set of sacred materials and bathe the Śiva-liṅga using the five mantras beginning with “Aghora”.