Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
गुप्तक्षेत्रे सिद्धलिंगं याति शक्तिगुहाऽकृतः । विहितस्तक्षकेणासौ यातुं तत्र महात्मना
guptakṣetre siddhaliṃgaṃ yāti śaktiguhā'kṛtaḥ | vihitastakṣakeṇāsau yātuṃ tatra mahātmanā
ਗੁਪਤ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਰਾਹ ਸਿੱਧਲਿੰਗ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਸ਼ਕਤਿਗੁਹਾ ਨੇ ਬਣਾਇਆ। ਉਸੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪਥ ਨੂੰ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਤਕਸ਼ਕ ਨੇ ਉਥੇ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra—Siddhaliṅga (Śaktiguhā)
Type: cave
Scene: A shadowed sacred cave (Śaktiguhā) opens into a hidden kṣetra where Siddhaliṅga glows; Takṣaka Nāga is shown as the guardian who laid the path, with siddhas faintly visible in the background.
FAQs
Some tīrthas are ‘hidden’ and accessed through divinely arranged means, emphasizing humility and guidance in pilgrimage.
Siddhaliṅga in a Guptakṣetra (hidden sacred region) is explicitly named and praised by implication.
No explicit ritual; the verse records the sacred access-route and its divine/Nāga arrangers.