Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99
यस्तल्लिंगं पुनर्भक्त्या पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः । अर्चयेत्स ध्रुवं मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति द्विजसत्तमाः
yastalliṃgaṃ punarbhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ | arcayetsa dhruvaṃ muktiṃ prāpnoti dvijasattamāḥ
जो पुन्हा भक्तीने त्या लिंगाची पुष्प, धूप व अनुलेपनांनी अर्चना करतो, तो निश्चयच मुक्ती प्राप्त करतो, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो।
Sūta (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama(s) (addressed audience)
Scene: A pilgrim stands before a radiant black-stone liṅga on a yoni-pīṭha, offering fresh flowers, curling incense smoke, and sandal paste; priests and forest-hermitage ambience suggest a tīrtha shrine.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through simple offerings in liṅga-pūjā is upheld as a direct means to liberation.
The liṅga established at the tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 32; the verse praises worship at that spot.
Arcana of the liṅga with puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and anulepana (ointments/unguents).