Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
ततः कामः समुत्तस्थौ सुप्तोत्थित इव प्रिये । ततः प्रभृति तल्लिंगं कामेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्
tataḥ kāmaḥ samuttasthau suptotthita iva priye | tataḥ prabhṛti talliṃgaṃ kāmeśvaramiti śrutam
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ പ്രിയേ, ഉറക്കത്തിൽ നിന്ന് എഴുന്നേറ്റവനെപ്പോലെ കാമൻ വീണ്ടും എഴുന്നേറ്റു. അന്നുമുതൽ ആ ലിംഗം ‘കാമേശ്വരം’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Kāmeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: After the pūjā, Kāma reappears—radiant, youthful, holding a flower-bow—suggesting a ‘waking from sleep’; beside him stands the newly famed liṅga, now known as Kāmeśvara.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace, accessed through sacred worship, restores what is lost and establishes lasting sanctity through divine remembrance (nāma).
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Liṅga becomes famous as Kāmeśvara.
Implicitly, the worship of the Liṅga that becomes known as Kāmeśvara, associated with restoration and fulfillment.