Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
एकस्मिन्नेव काले तु सर्वैर्दृष्टो महेश्वरः । मुनिभिश्च नृपश्रेष्ठ कोटिसंख्यैः पृथक्पृथक्
ekasminneva kāle tu sarvairdṛṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | munibhiśca nṛpaśreṣṭha koṭisaṃkhyaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak
ഒരേ സമയത്ത് മഹേശ്വരനെ എല്ലാവരും കണ്ടു; ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, കോടി സംഖ്യയിലെ മുനിമാർ അവനെ ഓരോരുത്തരും വേറേവേറെയായി ദർശിച്ചു.
Pulastya (addressing a king; ‘nṛpaśreṣṭha’)
Tirtha: Arbuda Koṭiliṅga-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (king) addressed explicitly here
Scene: A single Śiva-presence perceived as many: each sage sees Śiva before him, while the overall scene shows countless parallel darśanas unfolding at once across the sacred ground.
FAQs
Divine grace is not limited by space or number; the Lord can grant personal darśana to countless devotees simultaneously.
The Arbuda Koṭiliṅga locale, where Śiva’s presence becomes perceivable to multitudes.
No specific ritual is stated; the focus is on darśana as a grace-filled encounter at the holy place.