Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150
लिंगोद्भवस्तथा देशः सहस्राणि दशैव च । भद्रश्च देवभद्रश्च प्रत्येकं दशकौ स्मृतौ
liṃgodbhavastathā deśaḥ sahasrāṇi daśaiva ca | bhadraśca devabhadraśca pratyekaṃ daśakau smṛtau
लिङ्गोद्भव इति ख्यातो देशोऽपि दशसहस्रग्रामपरिमितः। भद्रः देवभद्रश्च—प्रत्येकं तौ दशकसहस्रौ स्मृतौ॥
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Liṅgodbhava (as deśa-name, not a single shrine here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage or narrator points to a stylized bhū-maṇḍala map, inscribing the names ‘Liṅgodbhava’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Devabhadra’ with numerals indicating village-counts; attendants listen in a forest āśrama.
FAQs
Shaiva place-names (like Liṅgodbhava) signal how devotion to Śiva permeates geography, turning regions into carriers of sacred meaning.
No single tīrtha is described; the verse lists deśas, including a Śaiva-named region, Liṅgodbhava.
None.