Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
अहंकारावृताः सर्वे न वदन्ति च मां क्वचित् । एवं मनसि संधाय लिंगपार्श्वमुपागतः
ahaṃkārāvṛtāḥ sarve na vadanti ca māṃ kvacit | evaṃ manasi saṃdhāya liṃgapārśvamupāgataḥ
«ពួកគេទាំងអស់ត្រូវអហង្គារៈគ្របដណ្ដប់ មិននិយាយជាមួយខ្ញុំសោះ។ គិតដូច្នេះក្នុងចិត្ត ខ្ញុំបានទៅដល់ជិតខាងលិង្គ។»
Nandikeśvara (contextually, narrating)
Tirtha: Pāśupateśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Scene: Nandī, having judged the assembly as ego-veiled, walks with measured steps toward the liṅga shrine; the crowd fades behind him as the liṅga’s sanctum draws focus, lamp-light glinting on stone.
FAQs
Ahaṃkāra blocks right conduct; turning toward the Liṅga symbolizes taking refuge in Śiva when social recognition fails.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a Śaiva field where devotion to the Liṅga is central.
Implicitly, approaching the Liṅga for worship; no detailed ritual steps are stated here.