Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 186
महाकालो रुद्रभवनं गतो भवपुरस्सरः । एवमेतन्महालिंगमुत्पन्नं कुरुनंदन
mahākālo rudrabhavanaṃ gato bhavapurassaraḥ | evametanmahāliṃgamutpannaṃ kurunaṃdana
មហាកាល ដោយព្រះភវៈ (ព្រះសិវៈ) ជាមុខដឹកនាំ បានទៅដល់ទីស្ថានរបស់រុទ្រៈ។ ដូច្នេះហើយ ឱ កូនស្រឡាញ់នៃកូរុ ទ្រង់លិង្គដ៏មហិមានេះបានបង្ហាញកំណើតឡើង។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Mahākāla (Mahākāleśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna (addressed as Kuru-nandana)
Scene: A solemn, mythic movement: Mahākāla proceeding with Bhava at the forefront toward Rudra’s abode; the great Liṅga appearing in radiant emergence, attended by subtle celestial witnesses.
FAQs
Divine presence is not merely conceptual—Śiva’s power becomes accessible through sacred manifestation (liṅga) in a celebrated place.
Mahākāla’s liṅga tradition, strongly associated with Ujjayinī (Ujjain) and its Mahākāleśvara sacred complex.
No direct prescription; the verse establishes the sacred origin-story that underwrites later worship (liṅgārādhana).