Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
चन्द्र उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । तत्स्थापितेषु लिंगेषु मया सर्वेषु सर्वदा । संनिधानं त्वया कार्यं लोकानां हित काम्यया
candra uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama | tatsthāpiteṣu liṃgeṣu mayā sarveṣu sarvadā | saṃnidhānaṃ tvayā kāryaṃ lokānāṃ hita kāmyayā
چندر نے کہا: “اے دیوتاؤں کے اِیشور! اگر تو راضی ہے اور مجھے ور دینا ہے، تو میرے قائم کیے ہوئے سب لِنگوں میں ہر وقت تیری مقدس حضوری ظاہر رہے، جہانوں کی بھلائی کی خواہش سے۔”
Candra/Soma
Tirtha: Candra-sthāpita Sarva-liṅga-samūha (68)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candra, hands folded, petitions Devēśa: ‘In every liṅga I established, may your presence abide always for the world’s welfare.’ Multiple liṅgas appear as a sacred panorama behind him.
FAQs
True devotion seeks blessings not only for oneself but for the welfare of all beings—establishing sacred presence for the world’s benefit.
The verse points to a network of Soma-established Śiva-liṅgas within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha landscape, collectively revered as Somēśvara-linked shrines.
It implies liṅga-upāsanā at Soma-established shrines where Śiva’s sannidhāna is sought; the specific timing is clarified in the next verse.