Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
भगवानुवाच । ऋषिभिः पातितं ह्येतन्मम लिंगं सुरेश्वराः । न तु शक्यो मया कर्तुं बाधस्तेषां महात्मनाम्
bhagavānuvāca | ṛṣibhiḥ pātitaṃ hyetanmama liṃgaṃ sureśvarāḥ | na tu śakyo mayā kartuṃ bādhasteṣāṃ mahātmanām
भगवानुवाच—सुरेश्वराः, ऋषिभिः पातितं ह्येतन्मम लिङ्गम्; न तु शक्यो मया तेषां महात्मनां तेजोबलं निरोद्धुम्।
Bhagavān (Śiva/Rudra, in the Prabhāsa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sura-īśvaras (lords of gods)
Scene: The Lord speaks calmly to the assembled gods, indicating that the liṅga was brought down by sages and that their will cannot be obstructed.
FAQs
Even the Lord honors the moral-spiritual authority of great sages; dharma is upheld through reverence for ṛṣi-tejas.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha-region), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets the premise for honoring the liṅga established in Prabhāsa.