Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
कल्पलिंगं महादेवि ह्यनादिनिधनं स्थितम् । पूर्वं त्रेतायुगे देवि वीरभद्रेश्वरीति च
kalpaliṃgaṃ mahādevi hyanādinidhanaṃ sthitam | pūrvaṃ tretāyuge devi vīrabhadreśvarīti ca
اے مہادیوی! وہاں کلپ لِنگ قائم ہے، جو بے آغاز اور بے انجام ہے۔ اے دیوی! پہلے تریتا یُگ میں وہ ‘ویر بھدر یشوری’ کے نام سے بھی معروف تھا۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kalpa-liṅga / (Tretā name) Vīrabhadreśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A self-luminous liṅga labeled ‘Kalpa-liṅga’ stands in a sanctum; Śiva narrates to Devī, while a subtle overlay shows the shrine’s older name ‘Vīrabhadreśvarī’ in a Tretā-era vignette.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence as liṅga is timeless; the same sacred reality is remembered through different names across the yugas.
The Kalpa-liṅga shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with the name Vīrabhadreśvarī in Tretā Yuga.
No direct ritual act is prescribed; the verse identifies the shrine and its yuga-based appellation.