Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
ततो वर्षसहस्रांते परमे संव्यवस्थिते । प्रभिद्य मेदिनीपृष्ठं निष्क्रांतं लिंगमुत्तमम्
tato varṣasahasrāṃte parame saṃvyavasthite | prabhidya medinīpṛṣṭhaṃ niṣkrāṃtaṃ liṃgamuttamam
ครั้นเมื่อครบหนึ่งพันปี และตบะถึงความสำเร็จสูงสุดแล้ว ลึงค์อันประเสริฐก็ผุดพ้นขึ้นมา เจาะทะลุผิวพิภพและปรากฏแก่สายตา
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The ground cracks open at the end of a millennium of tapas; from the fissure rises a pristine, radiant liṅga, dust and light swirling; the sage stands or kneels in astonished devotion.
FAQs
Sustained tapas culminates in tangible divine revelation, linking inner discipline with sacred place-manifestation.
The verse describes the manifestation of the liṅga associated with Hāṭakeśvara, establishing the sanctity of that locale.
No new rite is prescribed; the verse presents the fruit (phala) of prolonged austerity—Śiva-liṅga manifestation.