Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
चंद्र उवाच । यदि देयो वरोऽस्माकं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । सांनिध्यं कुरु देवेश लिंगेऽस्मिन्सर्वदा विभो
caṃdra uvāca | yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru deveśa liṃge'sminsarvadā vibho
चंद्र म्हणाला—हे प्रभो, जर मला वर द्यायचा असेल आणि तू माझ्यावर प्रसन्न असशील, तर हे देवेश, हे विभो, या लिंगात सदैव आपले सान्निध्य ठेव।
Candra (Soma)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
Scene: Candra, radiant yet humble, petitions Śiva: ‘Abide forever in this liṅga’; the liṅga becomes the focal axis between devotee and deity.
FAQs
Devotion seeks not worldly gain but the Lord’s continual presence (sānnidhya) at a sacred form and place.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), famed for the Somnātha liṅga tradition.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a direct devotional request for perpetual divine presence in the liṅga.