Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
तावूचतुः । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश त्रिभागेन समाश्रयम् । आवाभ्यां देहि लिंगेन येनैकत्राश्रयो भवेत्
tāvūcatuḥ | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa tribhāgena samāśrayam | āvābhyāṃ dehi liṃgena yenaikatrāśrayo bhavet
وہ دونوں بولے: “اگر تو راضی ہے، اے دیوتاؤں کے رب، تو لِنگ کے وسیلے سے ہمیں تین حصّوں میں مشترک ٹھکانہ عطا فرما، تاکہ ہمارے لیے ایک ہی متحد پناہ گاہ ہو جائے۔”
Brahmā and Viṣṇu (together)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two supplicants stand before the Lord of gods, hands folded, requesting a shared threefold abode through the liṅga so that their refuge becomes one.
FAQs
The liṅga is affirmed as a unifying refuge—devotion seeks not division but shared sacred anchoring.
The liṅga-sthāna in this chapter where divine beings seek an enduring, shared āśraya.
A boon-request centered on liṅga-based establishment/āśraya (implying liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and continued worship).