Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
तत्रापश्यद्भिन्नपीठं पतितं स्थंडिलोपरि । शिवलिंङ्गमृजुं सूक्ष्मं मूर्तं भाग्यमिवात्मनः
tatrāpaśyadbhinnapīṭhaṃ patitaṃ sthaṃḍilopari | śivaliṃṅgamṛjuṃ sūkṣmaṃ mūrtaṃ bhāgyamivātmanaḥ
وہاں اُس نے ٹوٹا ہوا پیٹھا دیکھا جو ننگی زمین پر گرا پڑا تھا؛ اور ایک شیولِنگ—ہموار، لطیف اور باریک—گویا اُس کی اپنی نیک بختی مجسم ہو کر سامنے آ گئی ہو۔
Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A quiet forest/wayside clearing with bare earth; a broken pedestal lies toppled; a smooth, small, luminous liṅga is seen as if shining with inner light; the finder pauses in reverent astonishment.
FAQs
Encountering Śiva’s liṅga—even in ruin—signals grace and invites restoration through devotion.
No named tīrtha appears; the focus is on the sacred object (Śiva-liṅga) discovered in a fallen shrine.
Not yet; the verse prepares for the forthcoming discussion of liṅga pūjā.