Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
न च मे पूरितं लिङ्गं यास्यामि यदि मन्यसे । ददामि तत्र वित्तं ते यदि लिङ्गं प्रपूरितम्
na ca me pūritaṃ liṅgaṃ yāsyāmi yadi manyase | dadāmi tatra vittaṃ te yadi liṅgaṃ prapūritam
Jika engkau menyangka Aku tidak akan berangkat sebelum liṅga ini dipenuhi sepenuhnya, maka apabila liṅga itu telah penuh sempurna, Aku akan mengurniakan kepadamu harta di tempat itu.
Parameśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Devamārga-liṅga (contextual; named explicitly in v.214.15)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (addressed as ‘rājendra’) and/or Bhārata/Pārtha as conventional vocatives in the passage
Scene: A merchant (or his household) stands before a newly formed liṅga on the riverbank; the speaker declares he will not depart until the liṅga is ‘filled’, promising wealth once the rite reaches completion.
FAQs
Divine promises expose inner motives; devotion should not be transactional, even when the Lord accommodates human weakness.
Devamārga, where the liṅga associated with Balākeśvara becomes a focus of faith and proof.
No direct ritual; it references ‘completing/filling’ the liṅga as a condition tied to receiving wealth.