Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
वयमप्यत्र शुद्ध्यर्थं तोषार्थं स्कन्दरुद्रयोः । साध्वर्थे चात्मलाभाय कुर्मो लिंगपरंपराम्
vayamapyatra śuddhyarthaṃ toṣārthaṃ skandarudrayoḥ | sādhvarthe cātmalābhāya kurmo liṃgaparaṃparām
நாமும் இங்கே தூய்மைக்காக, ஸ்கந்தன்–ருத்ரன் திருப்திக்காக, நற்காரியத்திற்காகவும் ஆத்மலாபத்திற்காகவும் லிங்கப் பரம்பரையை நிறுவுவோம்।
Nārada (reporting the resolve of the devas)
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Scene: A group of devas/sages at the saṅgama take a collective vow: for purification and to please Skanda and Rudra, they plan a ‘liṅga succession’—a line of liṅgas along the bank.
FAQs
Purification, divine pleasure, and self-realization are linked to devotional acts performed in sacred spaces.
The same tīrtha locale of Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama where the liṅgas are being established.
Creating a liṅga-paraṃparā—establishing multiple liṅgas as an ongoing devotional practice.