Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
यदि कश्चित्पुमानत्र त्रिशंकुरिव भूपतिः । पूजयिष्यति तल्लिंगं विपाप्मा श्रद्धया सह
yadi kaścitpumānatra triśaṃkuriva bhūpatiḥ | pūjayiṣyati talliṃgaṃ vipāpmā śraddhayā saha
இங்கே எந்த மனிதனும்—திரிசங்கு அரசனைப் போல இருந்தாலும்—நம்பிக்கையுடன் அந்த லிங்கத்தைப் பூஜித்தால், அவன் பாவமற்றவனாவான்.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A human devotee approaches the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga with offerings; the narrative evokes Triśaṅku as a symbol of the ‘unfit made fit’ through faith; the liṅga radiates acceptance and purification.
FAQs
Faithful worship at a potent tīrtha overcomes even heavy karmic burdens; śraddhā is central to purification.
The place of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga (connected with the Nāgabila passage) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) performed with śraddhā (faith).