Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति दुर्वासःस्थापितं पुरा । तल्लिंगं देवदेवस्य त्रिनेत्रस्य महात्मनः
| sūta uvāca | tathānyadapi tatrāsti durvāsaḥsthāpitaṃ purā | talliṃgaṃ devadevasya trinetrasya mahātmanaḥ
सूत म्हणाले—हे द्विजांनो, तेथे आणखी एक पवित्र वस्तू आहे; ती दुर्वासांनी प्राचीनकाळी स्थापिली—देवाधिदेव, महात्मा त्रिनेत्र प्रभूचे ते लिंग आहे.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/paurāṇika narrator)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Durvāsas-sthāpita liṅga)
Type: temple
Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (assembly)
Scene: Sūta narrates the presence of a venerable liṅga in the kṣetra, attributed to Durvāsas; the liṅga stands under a canopy with bilva leaves, with a faint third-eye motif suggested in Śiva’s aura.
FAQs
Sacred places hold layered sanctity through ancient installations of Śiva-liṅgas by revered sages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the setting; within it, a Durvāsas-established Śiva-liṅga is highlighted.
Not yet; the verse introduces the shrine that will be worshipped/glorified in the following verses.