Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्यर्षेः सुमहात्मनः । भित्त्वा तं पर्वतं सद्यस्तत्पुरो लिंगमुत्थितम् । तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मयाविष्टो मुनिः स्तोत्रमुदैरयत्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasyarṣeḥ sumahātmanaḥ | bhittvā taṃ parvataṃ sadyastatpuro liṃgamutthitam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭo muniḥ stotramudairayat
तेव्हा त्या महात्मा ऋषीच्या तपाने प्रसन्न होऊन महादेवांनी तत्क्षणी तो पर्वत फोडला आणि त्यांच्या समोर शिवलिंग प्रकट झाले. ते पाहून विस्मयाने भरलेल्या मुनिने स्तोत्र उच्चारले.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga (svayambhū at Arbuda-parvata)
Type: cave
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya assembly implied)
Scene: A dramatic moment: Mahādeva’s unseen force cleaves the mountain; from the split rock a radiant liṅga rises. Vasiṣṭha stands with folded hands, eyes widened in wonder, beginning a stotra. Light beams illuminate the rocky cleft and surrounding forest.
FAQs
When devotion ripens through tapas, Śiva responds tangibly—transforming the landscape itself into a revelation of the divine.
A sacred mountain in the Arbuda region where a Śiva-liṅga manifests, establishing the place as a powerful Śaiva tīrtha.
Stotra (hymnic praise) arises as the appropriate response to darśana of the manifested liṅga; the broader frame is tapas leading to divine manifestation.