Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
चित्रशर्मोवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि मे देव वरं चेन्मे प्रयच्छसि । तदत्रागच्छ पातालाल्लिंगरूपी सुरेश्वर
citraśarmovāca | yadi tuṣṭosi me deva varaṃ cenme prayacchasi | tadatrāgaccha pātālālliṃgarūpī sureśvara
چترشرما نے کہا: اے دیو! اگر تو مجھ سے خوش ہے اور مجھے کوئی ور (نعمت) عطا کرنا چاہتا ہے، تو اے دیوتاؤں کے مالک، پاتال سے یہاں لِنگ کے روپ میں تشریف لے آ۔
Citraśarman
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (invoked as liṅga-form to be brought/manifested)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Citraśarman, hands raised in supplication, addresses the Lord: a vision of Śiva emerging from subterranean depths as a radiant liṅga-form, with nāga motifs hinting at Pātāla.
FAQs
The devotee seeks not personal dominion but the tangible presence of Śiva for continual worship and the sanctification of a place.
The Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha/temple setting is central, as the boon explicitly requests Śiva’s manifestation here as a liṅga.
The implied prescription is liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing Śiva as a liṅga) leading to ongoing worship at the site.