Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
तावूचतुः । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश त्रिभागेन समाश्रयम् । आवाभ्यां देहि लिंगेन येनैकत्राश्रयो भवेत्
tāvūcatuḥ | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa tribhāgena samāśrayam | āvābhyāṃ dehi liṃgena yenaikatrāśrayo bhavet
അവർ ഇരുവരും പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ ദേവേശാ! നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നനാകുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, ലിംഗത്തിലൂടെ ത്രിഭാഗമായി ഞങ്ങൾക്കു സംയുക്ത ആശ്രയം ദയചെയ്യുക; അങ്ങനെ ഞങ്ങൾക്കു ഒരേയൊരു ഏകശരണം ലഭിക്കട്ടെ.”
Brahmā and Viṣṇu (together)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two supplicants stand before the Lord of gods, hands folded, requesting a shared threefold abode through the liṅga so that their refuge becomes one.
FAQs
The liṅga is affirmed as a unifying refuge—devotion seeks not division but shared sacred anchoring.
The liṅga-sthāna in this chapter where divine beings seek an enduring, shared āśraya.
A boon-request centered on liṅga-based establishment/āśraya (implying liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and continued worship).