Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
दिव्येनाष्टविधेनात्र कोशः साधारणोऽत्र च । अघोराद्यैः पंचमंत्रैः स्नाप्य लिंगं महोज्जवलम्
divyenāṣṭavidhenātra kośaḥ sādhāraṇo'tra ca | aghorādyaiḥ paṃcamaṃtraiḥ snāpya liṃgaṃ mahojjavalam
अत्र दिव्येन अष्टविधेन द्रव्यसमूहेन साधारणतः कोशः सज्जीकृतः; अघोराद्यैः पञ्चमन्त्रैः स्नाप्य महोज्ज्वलं लिङ्गं विधिः सम्पद्यते।
Śiva (deduced from continuing instruction style in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor of the chapter
Scene: Priests prepare a consecration vessel with eight offerings; they pour streams of water/milk over a shining liṅga while chanting the Pañcabrahma mantras beginning with Aghora; the liṅga gleams intensely in lamplight.
FAQs
Śiva’s worship becomes luminous and effective when performed with correct mantra and consecrated procedure.
No named tīrtha appears; the focus is on liṅga-abhiṣeka procedure within the Purāṇic-Śaiva framework.
Prepare a consecrated vessel with an eightfold set of sacred materials and bathe the Śiva-liṅga using the five mantras beginning with “Aghora”.