Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
महीनगरके लिंगं पातालात्सुमनोहरम् । तुष्टाव देवं प्रयतः स्तुतिं तां शृणु पांडव
mahīnagarake liṃgaṃ pātālātsumanoharam | tuṣṭāva devaṃ prayataḥ stutiṃ tāṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava
மஹீநகரத்தில் பாதாளத்திலிருந்து தோன்றிய மிக அழகிய லிங்கம் உள்ளது. பின்னர் அவர் ஒருமுக பக்தியுடன் இறைவனைப் போற்றினார்; பாண்டவா, அந்த ஸ்துதியை கேள்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages; address within verse to a Pāṇḍava indicates the narration is being relayed to a Mahābhārata-era listener in the embedded story
Tirtha: Mahī-nagara liṅga (Pātāla-udbhava)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: A radiant liṅga emerging from a fissure or sanctified pit symbolizing Pātāla, within a city-temple of Mahī-nagara; a devotee (speaker) stands with folded hands beginning a hymn; a Pāṇḍava listener is invoked to hear.
FAQs
A sacred site is authenticated by divine manifestation; the proper response is focused stuti (praise) and attentive listening to dharma-teachings.
Mahī-nagara and its remarkable liṅga said to have emerged from Pātāla.
Stuti (recitation/praise) is introduced; the actual hymn begins in the next verses.