कपालेश्वरमित्येव लिंगं पापापहं शुभम् । शक्तिं च तामभिष्टूय स्थापयामास तत्र च
kapāleśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ pāpāpahaṃ śubham | śaktiṃ ca tāmabhiṣṭūya sthāpayāmāsa tatra ca
Ang mapalad at pumapawi ng kasalanang Liṅga ay tinatawag na “Kapāleśvara.” At matapos purihin ang Śakti na iyon, itinatag din niya roon ang (kanyang) presensya.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Kapāleśvara liṅga shines auspiciously; Skanda (or the consecrator) offers hymns to Śakti and establishes her shrine beside the liṅga.
Śiva and Śakti are honored together; their worship at a consecrated sthala is portrayed as a powerful means of sin-removal.
Kapāleśvara—the named Liṅga-sthala associated with Śakti’s manifestation—is explicitly glorified.
Stuti (praise) of Śakti and establishment of her presence alongside the Kapāleśvara Liṅga.