Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु महा कालेश्वरं हि तत् । चित्रांगदेश्वरं नाम तेन ख्यातं धरातले
divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ tu mahā kāleśvaraṃ hi tat | citrāṃgadeśvaraṃ nāma tena khyātaṃ dharātale
दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं यावत् तत् लिङ्गं महाकालेश्वरत्वेन स्थितम्। तस्मात् धरातले ‘चित्राङ्गदेश्वर’ इति नाम्ना प्रसिद्धिमगात्।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara (Mahākāleśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A timeless tableau: the liṅga enduring through a thousand divine years, with subtle visual markers of yuga-cycles; the name ‘Citrāṅgadeśvara’ inscribed or proclaimed by celestial beings as the shrine’s fame spreads on earth.
FAQs
Kṣetra traditions preserve sacred memory: names of liṅgas encode devotional history and divine time.
Mahā-Kāleśvara/Citrāṅgadeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
None; the verse explains the etymology and fame of the shrine’s name.