Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तयोर्मध्ये नृपोत्तम । प्रादुर्भूतं महालिंगं दिव्यं तेजोमयं शुभम्
tato varṣasahasrāṃte tayormadhye nṛpottama | prādurbhūtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ divyaṃ tejomayaṃ śubham
అప్పుడు, ఓ నృపోత్తమా, వెయ్యి సంవత్సరాల అంతంలో ఆ ఇద్దరి మధ్య దివ్యమైన, తేజోమయమైన, శుభమైన మహాలింగం ప్రాదుర్భవించింది।
Pulastya (narration)
Tirtha: Māheśvara Mahāliṅga (Jyoti-liṅga motif at Arbuda)
Type: peak
Listener: ‘O best of kings’ (royal interlocutor)
Scene: Between two contending deities, a colossal, radiant, auspicious liṅga suddenly manifests—pure light with a dark stone core hinted within the blaze; the landscape reads as a sacred mountain precinct.
FAQs
The supreme auspicious principle (symbolized by the Mahāliṅga) transcends rivalry and reveals itself as the higher reality beyond competing claims.
Within the Arbuda narrative setting, the verse highlights the Mahāliṅga’s manifestation; the verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha, but it serves a māhātmya-style revelation motif.
None is stated in this verse.