Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
पृथिव्यादीनि भूतानि त्वया सृष्टानि कामतः । यास्यंति तानि भूयोऽपि तव काये जगत्पते
pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tvayā sṛṣṭāni kāmataḥ | yāsyaṃti tāni bhūyo'pi tava kāye jagatpate
பூமி முதலிய பூதங்கள் உமது விருப்பத்தால் படைக்கப்பட்டன; ஓ உலகநாதனே, அவை மீண்டும் உமது உடலிலேயே லயமடைகின்றன.
Devas
Listener: Frame-audience of the khaṇḍa
Scene: The five great elements emerge from Śiva’s body as luminous streams and then re-enter him, depicting sarga and laya in a single tableau.
FAQs
All manifestation arises from the Lord’s will and finally resolves back into him; this inspires surrender and steadiness amid worldly change.
The Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Liṅga-context is the narrative setting; the local shrine is portrayed as connected to the cosmic source into whom all elements dissolve.
No explicit ritual; the doctrine supports liṅga-pūjā as worship of the source and end of all elements.