Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तेन शब्देन महता मम मूर्त्तिः समुत्थिता । कल्कलेश्वरनामेति ततो लिंगं प्रकीर्तितम्
tena śabdena mahatā mama mūrttiḥ samutthitā | kalkaleśvaranāmeti tato liṃgaṃ prakīrtitam
त्या महान् शब्दामुळे माझी प्रकट मूर्ती उदयास आली; म्हणून ते लिंग ‘कल्कलेश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाले।
Śiva (deduced from first-person 'mama mūrttiḥ' within a Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Kalkaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: From the cresting roar of celestial sound, a radiant liṅga-form rises/appears; the air is thick with vibrating sound-waves, and the newly revealed shrine-space seems to crystallize around the manifestation.
FAQs
Divine presence becomes tangible in a tīrtha when the Lord wills; the liṅga is celebrated as a living sign of Śiva’s manifestation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the liṅga known as Kalkaleśvara.
No direct prescription is stated here; the verse establishes the sanctity and name of the liṅga as the basis for later worship.