वीणावेणुमृदंगादि निस्वनाः श्रुतिहारिणः । हाटकेशं महालिंगं यत्र वै सर्वकामदम्
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgādi nisvanāḥ śrutihāriṇaḥ | hāṭakeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ yatra vai sarvakāmadam
وہاں وینا، بانسری، مِردنگ وغیرہ کے دل موہ لینے والے نغمے سماعت کو مسحور کرتے ہیں؛ اور وہاں ہاٹکیش نام کا مہا لِنگ ہے جو یقیناً ہر مراد عطا کرتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśa Mahāliṅga
Type: temple
Scene: A grand subterranean shrine: the Hāṭakeśa Mahāliṅga on a jeweled pedestal, lamps casting steady light; musicians play vīṇā, flute, and mṛdaṅga; devotees—daitya/dānava and others—stand in reverent awe as sound becomes worship.
Even in wondrous realms, Śiva’s presence as Liṅga is central; devotion (liṅga-smaraṇa/arcana) is portrayed as the true source of fulfillment.
The verse names the sacred Liṅga-sthāna ‘Hāṭakeśa Mahāliṅga’ as a wish-fulfilling shrine within this cosmological description.
No explicit rite is detailed here, but the verse implies liṅga-upāsanā (reverence to the Mahāliṅga) as the means to obtain desired ends.