Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
कल्पलिंगं महादेवि ह्यनादिनिधनं स्थितम् । पूर्वं त्रेतायुगे देवि वीरभद्रेश्वरीति च
kalpaliṃgaṃ mahādevi hyanādinidhanaṃ sthitam | pūrvaṃ tretāyuge devi vīrabhadreśvarīti ca
ഹേ മഹാദേവി, അവിടെ അനാദി-അനന്തമായ ‘കല്പലിംഗം’ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. ഹേ ദേവി, പൂർവ്വം ത്രേതായുഗത്തിൽ അത് ‘വീരഭദ്രേശ്വരി’ എന്ന പേരിലും പ്രസിദ്ധമായിരുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kalpa-liṅga / (Tretā name) Vīrabhadreśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A self-luminous liṅga labeled ‘Kalpa-liṅga’ stands in a sanctum; Śiva narrates to Devī, while a subtle overlay shows the shrine’s older name ‘Vīrabhadreśvarī’ in a Tretā-era vignette.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence as liṅga is timeless; the same sacred reality is remembered through different names across the yugas.
The Kalpa-liṅga shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with the name Vīrabhadreśvarī in Tretā Yuga.
No direct ritual act is prescribed; the verse identifies the shrine and its yuga-based appellation.