Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 177
अप्यन्नजं च मनवो गिरिशेति च नाम च । अगस्त्यो व्रीहिजं वापि सुशांतमिति नाम च
apyannajaṃ ca manavo giriśeti ca nāma ca | agastyo vrīhijaṃ vāpi suśāṃtamiti nāma ca
เหล่ามนูได้ประดิษฐานลึงค์อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทำด้วยธัญญาหาร; มีนามว่า “คิริศะ” คือ “เจ้าแห่งภูผา” อคัสตยะก็ได้ประดิษฐานลึงค์ทำด้วยข้าว; เรียกว่า “สุศานตะ” คือ “ผู้สงบอย่างยิ่ง”
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Manus, dignified progenitors, offer a liṅga formed of grains, labeled Giriśa; sage Agastya, calm and compact, offers a rice-made liṅga named Suśānta, with bowls of rice, barley, and flowers around a simple altar.
FAQs
Even simple, perishable offerings like grain can become vehicles of great merit when consecrated to Śiva with reverence.
No tirtha is named in this verse, though Agastya’s presence echoes pan-Indian sacred geography associated with his travels.
The verse indicates constructing a Liṅga from grain (anna/vrīhi) and honoring it by its sacred name.