Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88
तस्याः करेण निर्मुक्ता रात्रौ सा बिल्वमंजरी । पपात कस्यचिद्दिष्ट्या शिवलिंगस्य मस्तके
tasyāḥ kareṇa nirmuktā rātrau sā bilvamaṃjarī | papāta kasyaciddiṣṭyā śivaliṃgasya mastake
اس کے ہاتھ سے چھوٹا ہوا وہ بیل کا گچھا رات کے وقت—کسی کی مقدر کی نیکی سے—ایک شِو لِنگ کے سر پر جا گرا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: temple
Scene: In the night, the discarded bilva cluster arcs through darkness and lands atop the rounded head of a Śiva-liṅga, as if guided by fate; the shrine lamp flickers nearby.
FAQs
Providence can turn an ordinary act into worship; Śiva accepts even unintended offerings when karma ripens.
The verse centers on a Śiva-liṅga (a sacred locus of worship) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Offering bilva to the Śiva-liṅga is implied as a potent act of devotion, here occurring accidentally.