Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99
तस्मिन्महति कौरव्य वर्तमाने महोत्सवे । कालभीतिः प्रमुदितः प्रणम्य स्तोत्रमैरयत्
tasminmahati kauravya vartamāne mahotsave | kālabhītiḥ pramuditaḥ praṇamya stotramairayat
جب وہ عظیم مہوتسو جاری تھا، اے کورویہ، کال بھیتی خوشی سے معمور ہو کر سجدہ ریز ہوا اور ستوترا کا ورد شروع کیا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (narration)
Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (prādurbhāva-sthala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata/Kauravya addressee
Scene: Amid the ongoing festival, Kālabhīti steps forward, folds hands, bows deeply before the great liṅga, and begins a hymn as the celestial assembly quiets to listen.
FAQs
The proper response to Śiva’s darśana is humility (praṇāma) and devotion expressed through stotra.
The verse continues the glorification of the manifested-liṅga site; the excerpt does not supply the tīrtha-name.
Praṇāma (prostration) and stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) as devotional acts.