Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
ततस्ते वानराः सर्वे राक्षसाश्च विशेषतः । लिंगानि स्थापयामासुः स्वानिस्वानि पृथक्पृथक्
tataste vānarāḥ sarve rākṣasāśca viśeṣataḥ | liṃgāni sthāpayāmāsuḥ svānisvāni pṛthakpṛthak
Kemudian semua Vānara—dan khususnya para Rākṣasa—masing-masing secara berasingan mendirikan liṅga mereka sendiri.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Clustered-liṅga tīrtha at Rāmeśvara–Lakṣmaṇeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Vānaras and Rākṣasas, each in their own group, carry stones and ritual vessels, setting up separate liṅgas across the sacred ground—rows of small shrines, smoke from offerings, a sense of bustling sacred activity.
FAQs
A sacred place is magnified when many devotees consecrate it through individual acts of worship and foundation.
The same tīrtha-kṣetra becomes a liṅga-rich pilgrimage zone through multiple separate installations.
Individual liṅga-pratiṣṭhā performed separately by different groups.