Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्रैकादशरुद्राणां स्थानलिंगान्यपि प्रिये । अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यः संतीत्यादीनि नामतः । पूजयेत्तानि विधिवन्मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
tatraikādaśarudrāṇāṃ sthānaliṃgānyapi priye | ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ saṃtītyādīni nāmataḥ | pūjayettāni vidhivanmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
तेथे, हे प्रिये, एकादश रुद्रांची स्थिर स्थानलिंगेही आहेत—अज, एकपाद, अहिर्बुध्न्य, संतीति इत्यादी नावांनी प्रसिद्ध. जो त्यांची विधिपूर्वक पूजा करतो तो सर्व पापांतून मुक्त होतो.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Ekādaśa-Rudra-liṅga-sthāna (at Valāya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Priyā/Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A sacred precinct with eleven liṅgas arranged in a mandala-like layout; each shrine subtly marked with a Rudra-name (Aja, Ekapād, Ahirbudhnya, etc.); devotees performing abhiṣeka with water and bilva leaves.
FAQs
Rightly performed worship of Śiva’s Rudra-manifestations purifies accumulated pāpa and aligns the pilgrim with dharma.
The cluster of established liṅgas representing the Eleven Rudras at Valāya/Prabhāsakṣetra.
Worship (pūjā) of the Rudra-liṅgas “vidhivat”—according to proper ritual procedure.