Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
ययातिरुवाच । त्वया प्रोक्तं पुरा शंभुः कामबाण भयात्किल । वालखिल्याश्रमं प्राप्तो यत्र लिंगं पपात ह
yayātiruvāca | tvayā proktaṃ purā śaṃbhuḥ kāmabāṇa bhayātkila | vālakhilyāśramaṃ prāpto yatra liṃgaṃ papāta ha
യയാതി പറഞ്ഞു—നീ മുമ്പ് പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ, ശംഭു കാമന്റെ ബാണഭയത്താൽ (എന്ന് കേൾക്കുന്നു) വാലഖില്യരുടെ ആശ്രമത്തിലെത്തി; അവിടെ ലിംഗം പതിച്ചു।
Yayāti
Tirtha: Vālakhilyāśrama (Kāmeśvara narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pulastya
Scene: Śiva (Śambhu) hastens toward a serene forest hermitage of the Vālakhilyas; behind him, Kāma with bow and flower-arrows; a liṅga is shown falling/being set down, marking the site.
FAQs
Sacred sites are often explained through divine narratives that connect cosmic events (like Kāma’s pursuit) to the manifestation of a liṅga.
The lead-in is to Kāmeśvara and the Vālakhilya āśrama setting where the liṅga’s fall is remembered.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the sthala-origin (utpatti) narrative.