Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
यदि कश्चित्पुमानत्र त्रिशंकुरिव भूपतिः । पूजयिष्यति तल्लिंगं विपाप्मा श्रद्धया सह
yadi kaścitpumānatra triśaṃkuriva bhūpatiḥ | pūjayiṣyati talliṃgaṃ vipāpmā śraddhayā saha
اگر یہاں کوئی مرد—خواہ وہ راجا تریشَنکو ہی کی مانند ہو—شرَدھا کے ساتھ اُس لِنگ کی پوجا کرے تو وہ بے گناہ، پاپ سے پاک ہو جائے گا۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A human devotee approaches the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga with offerings; the narrative evokes Triśaṅku as a symbol of the ‘unfit made fit’ through faith; the liṅga radiates acceptance and purification.
FAQs
Faithful worship at a potent tīrtha overcomes even heavy karmic burdens; śraddhā is central to purification.
The place of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga (connected with the Nāgabila passage) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) performed with śraddhā (faith).