Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ब्रह्मोवाच । यदि ते चित्तशुद्धिस्तु न कथंचित्प्रवर्तते । तत्स्थापय महाभाग लिंगं देवस्य शूलिनः
brahmovāca | yadi te cittaśuddhistu na kathaṃcitpravartate | tatsthāpaya mahābhāga liṃgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ
ബ്രഹ്മാവ് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—നിനക്കു ചിത്തശുദ്ധി യാതൊരു വിധത്തിലും ഉണ്ടാകുന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ, ശൂലധാരിയായ ദേവൻ (ശിവൻ)ന്റെ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിക്കൂ.
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) audience
Scene: Brahmā, four-faced and seated on a lotus, instructs Yājñavalkya to establish the liṅga of Śiva the trident-bearer; artisans and ritual vessels appear in the background, foreshadowing consecration.
FAQs
When inner purity is obstructed, devotion expressed through consecrating a Śiva-liṅga becomes a powerful dharmic remedy.
The instruction is situated within a kṣetra-māhātmya narrative; the particular kṣetra’s name and greatness are detailed in the surrounding verses.
Liṅga-sthāpanā—establishing (consecrating) the liṅga of Śiva as a means toward purification.