Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शिवलिंगं त्वया नाथ स्थापितं यन्ममोपरि । मम नाम्ना भवतु च कुशेश्वर इति स्मृतम्
śivaliṃgaṃ tvayā nātha sthāpitaṃ yanmamopari | mama nāmnā bhavatu ca kuśeśvara iti smṛtam
हे नाथ, जो शिवलिंग तुमने मेरे ऊपर स्थापित किया है, वह मेरे नाम से प्रसिद्ध हो और ‘कुशेश्वर’ के नाम से स्मरण किया जाए।
Kuśa
Tirtha: Kuśeśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Hari (addressed as Nātha)
Scene: Kuśa petitions the Lord: the liṅga installed above him should bear his name—Kuśeśvara. The scene emphasizes consecration, inscription, and the birth of a shrine-name within Dvārakā.
FAQs
Sacred places arise from divine acts and remembered names; the liṅga becomes a lasting focus for devotion and merit.
Kuśeśvara—named Śiva-liṅga associated with the Dvārakā region in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Implicitly, worship of the established liṅga (Kuśeśvara) is encouraged as a tirtha-centered devotional practice.