Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
पांसुक्रीडनसक्तोपि कुर्याल्लिंगं रजोमयम् । शाद्वलैः कोमलतृणैः पूजयेच्च स कौतुकम्
pāṃsukrīḍanasaktopi kuryālliṃgaṃ rajomayam | śādvalaiḥ komalatṛṇaiḥ pūjayecca sa kautukam
മണലിൽ കളിയിലായിരുന്നാലും അവൻ പൊടിയിൽ നിന്നൊരു ലിംഗം നിർമ്മിച്ചു, কোমലമായ പച്ചപ്പുല്ലുകൊണ്ട് അതിനെ ആനന്ദോത്സാഹത്തോടെ പൂജിച്ചു।
Skanda (narrative voice, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A child playing in sand pauses to shape a small liṅga from dust; he decorates it with tender green grasses and worships with bright, eager eyes.
FAQs
Śiva accepts sincere devotion even through the simplest offerings; purity of intent outweighs material grandeur.
The account belongs to Kāśī’s Nādeśvara-centered māhātmya, illustrating Śiva-bhakti in Kāśī.
Making a simple earth/dust liṅga and offering tender grass in worship (liṅga-pūjā) is described.