Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
ततस्तस्योपरि स्थित्वा सुस्राव सुमहत्पयः । श्रद्धया परया युक्ता तस्य स्नानकृते द्विजाः
tatastasyopari sthitvā susrāva sumahatpayaḥ | śraddhayā parayā yuktā tasya snānakṛte dvijāḥ
پھر اس کے اوپر کھڑی ہو کر اس نے دودھ کی نہایت بڑی دھارا بہا دی؛ اعلیٰ ترین شردھا سے یکت ہو کر، اے دِوِجوں، اس کے اشنان کے لیے۔
Narrator (within the Purāṇic dialogue; exact named speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ) directly addressed
Scene: A cow stands above the liṅga and releases a strong stream of milk that cascades over the stone, pooling like a white offering; the forest becomes a sanctum through the act.
FAQs
Sincere faith (śraddhā) sanctifies even simple offerings; devotion naturally expresses itself as service.
The Kalaśeśvara liṅga within the Śrī Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting.
Liṅga-snānābhiṣeka with milk is described (a devotional act), though not framed as a universal command.
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