Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 120
सर्वेषां शिवलिंगानां सार्वभौमो महाबलः । कृते महाबलः श्वेतस्त्रेतायामतिलोहितः
sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ sārvabhaumo mahābalaḥ | kṛte mahābalaḥ śvetastretāyāmatilohitaḥ
सर्व शिवलिंगांमध्ये महाबल हेच सार्वभौम व महाशक्तिमान आहे। कृतयुगात ते श्वेतवर्णी, आणि त्रेतायुगात अत्यंत लोहितवर्णी होते।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa—Mahābala-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A majestic Mahābala-liṅga enthroned, radiating a yuga-shifting aura—cool white luminosity (Kṛta) transitioning to deep vermilion-red (Tretā), with sages in reverent circumambulation and ocean-breeze hints of Gokarṇa’s coast.
FAQs
It establishes Mahābala as a preeminent Śiva-liṅga and frames its sanctity as timeless across the yugas.
Gokarṇa, where the Mahābala liṅga is revered in this Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as liṅga-māhātmya (praise/identification).