Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
इत्यूचे देवदेवेशः क्षणं ध्यात्वेन्दुना ततः । स्थापितं परमं लिङ्गं कामदं प्राणिनां भुवि । सर्वदुःखहरं तत्तु ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम्
ityūce devadeveśaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvendunā tataḥ | sthāpitaṃ paramaṃ liṅgaṃ kāmadaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi | sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ tattu brahmahatyāvināśanam
یوں کہہ کر دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا نے ایک لمحہ دھیان کیا؛ پھر اِندو/سوم کے ذریعے زمین پر ایک اعلیٰ ترین لِنگ کی स्थापना کرائی—جو جانداروں کی مرادیں پوری کرنے والا، ہر غم دور کرنے والا، اور برہماہتیا کے پاپ تک کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔
Narrator (following Śiva’s speech)
Tirtha: Somanātha-liṅga (Revā region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (frame), with Mārkaṇḍeya as primary speaker in surrounding verses
Scene: Śiva, after a brief meditation, empowers Soma/Indu to establish a radiant liṅga on earth; the liṅga emits light, dispelling sorrow and sin; devas and sages witness.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace crystallizes into a sacred presence (liṅga) that grants boons and removes even grave sins through sincere approach.
A tīrtha-linked liṅga (Somanātha tradition) is exalted as wish-fulfilling and sorrow-destroying within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
Implicitly, worship and resorting to the established liṅga at the tīrtha for purification and relief; no step-by-step vidhi is detailed in this verse.