Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
भद्रकर्णं उवाच । यन्मया स्थापितं लिंगमर्बुदे सुरसत्तम । अत्रास्तु तव सांनिध्यं ह्रदेऽस्मिंश्च स्थिरो भव
bhadrakarṇaṃ uvāca | yanmayā sthāpitaṃ liṃgamarbude surasattama | atrāstu tava sāṃnidhyaṃ hrade'smiṃśca sthiro bhava
भद्रकर्ण म्हणाला—हे देवश्रेष्ठ! अर्बुदावर मी जे लिंग स्थापिले आहे, येथे तुझे सान्निध्य असो; आणि या पवित्र ह्रदातही तू स्थिरपणे निवास कर।
Bhadrakarṇa
Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada (Bhadrakarṇa Lake) and Bhadrakarṇa-sthāpita-liṅga
Type: kund
Listener: Śrī Bhagavān
Scene: Bhadrakarṇa, hands folded, points toward a newly established liṅga on Arbuda and gestures to a nearby lake, requesting the deity’s steadfast presence in both.
FAQs
Establishing and honoring a Śiva-liṅga sanctifies a place, inviting enduring divine presence for devotees.
A sacred lake (hrada) associated with Bhadrakarṇa on Arbuda (Mount Abu), together with the liṅga established there.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) is implied, along with the idea of worship centered on the liṅga and the tīrtha-lake.