Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
इत्यूचे देवदेवेशः क्षणं ध्यात्वेन्दुना ततः । स्थापितं परमं लिङ्गं कामदं प्राणिनां भुवि । सर्वदुःखहरं तत्तु ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम्
ityūce devadeveśaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvendunā tataḥ | sthāpitaṃ paramaṃ liṅgaṃ kāmadaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi | sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ tattu brahmahatyāvināśanam
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ദേവദേവേശ്വരൻ ക്ഷണമാത്രം ധ്യാനിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ഇന്ദു (സോമൻ) മുഖേന ഭൂമിയിൽ പരമ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിപ്പിച്ചു—അത് പ്രാണികൾക്ക് കാമദം, സർവ്വദുഃഖഹരം, ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാപാപനാശനവും ആകുന്നു.
Narrator (following Śiva’s speech)
Tirtha: Somanātha-liṅga (Revā region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame), with Mārkaṇḍeya as primary speaker in surrounding verses
Scene: Śiva, after a brief meditation, empowers Soma/Indu to establish a radiant liṅga on earth; the liṅga emits light, dispelling sorrow and sin; devas and sages witness.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace crystallizes into a sacred presence (liṅga) that grants boons and removes even grave sins through sincere approach.
A tīrtha-linked liṅga (Somanātha tradition) is exalted as wish-fulfilling and sorrow-destroying within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
Implicitly, worship and resorting to the established liṅga at the tīrtha for purification and relief; no step-by-step vidhi is detailed in this verse.