Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
आकल्पांतं रुद्रलोके मोदते रुद्रवत्सुखी । एवंविधफलं लिंगमतो भूयोऽप्यधो न हि
ākalpāṃtaṃ rudraloke modate rudravatsukhī | evaṃvidhaphalaṃ liṃgamato bhūyo'pyadho na hi
कल्पांतापर्यंत तो रुद्रलोकी रुद्रासारखा सुखी होऊन आनंद भोगतो। असे फळ देणारे हे लिंग आहे; म्हणून तो पुन्हा कधीही अधोगतीस पडत नाही।
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Rudraloka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāsena (Skanda)
Scene: The devotee ascends to Rudraloka: a luminous realm with Rudra-like bliss; Śiva’s attendants welcome him; below, the cycle of lower births fades away, signifying ‘no falling again’.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through Śiva-liṅga worship leads to enduring joy in Rudra’s realm and prevents spiritual downfall.
This verse praises the greatness of the Śiva-liṅga itself; no specific tīrtha is explicitly named in the shloka.
The implied practice is Śiva-liṅga worship/establishment, highlighted through its promised fruit (phala).