Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88
तस्याः करेण निर्मुक्ता रात्रौ सा बिल्वमंजरी । पपात कस्यचिद्दिष्ट्या शिवलिंगस्य मस्तके
tasyāḥ kareṇa nirmuktā rātrau sā bilvamaṃjarī | papāta kasyaciddiṣṭyā śivaliṃgasya mastake
तस्याः करेण निर्मुक्ता रात्रौ सा बिल्वमञ्जरी, कस्यचिद् दिष्ट्या शिवलिङ्गस्य मस्तके पपात।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: temple
Scene: In the night, the discarded bilva cluster arcs through darkness and lands atop the rounded head of a Śiva-liṅga, as if guided by fate; the shrine lamp flickers nearby.
FAQs
Providence can turn an ordinary act into worship; Śiva accepts even unintended offerings when karma ripens.
The verse centers on a Śiva-liṅga (a sacred locus of worship) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Offering bilva to the Śiva-liṅga is implied as a potent act of devotion, here occurring accidentally.