Skanda Purana · Verses 1.33-2

//nārada uvāca//
tatastaṃ girivarṣmāṇaṃ patitaṃ vasudhopari//
āliṃgitamiva pṛthvyā guṇinyā guṇinaṃ yathā

dṛṣṭvā devā vismitāste jayaṃ jagustathā muhuḥ//
kecitsamīpamāgaṃtuṃ bibhyati tridivaukasaḥ

utthāya tārako daityaḥ kadā cinno nihaṃti cet//
taṃ tathā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vasudhāmaṇḍale guhaḥ

āsīddīnamanāḥ pārtha śuśoca ca mahāmatiḥ//
stavanaṃ cāpi devānāṃ vārayitvā vaco'bravīt

śocyaṃ pātakinaṃ māṃ ca saṃstuvadhvaṃ kathaṃ surāḥ//
paṃcānāmapi yo bhartā prākṛto'sau na kīrtyate

sa tu rudrāṃśajaḥ proktastasya druhyanna rudram̐vat//
svāyaṃbhuvena gītaśca ślokaḥ saṃśrūyate tathā

vīraṃ hi puruṣaṃ hatvā gosahasreṇa mucyate//
yathākathaṃcitpuruṣo na haṃtavyastato budhaiḥ

pāpaśīlasya hanane doṣo yadyapi nāsti ca//
tathāpi rudrabhakto'yaṃ saṃsmaranniti śocimi

tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi prāyāścittaṃ ca kiṃcana//
prāyaścittairapaityeno yatopi mahadarjitam

iti saṃśocatastasya śivaputrasya dhīmataḥ//
vāsudevo guruḥ puṃsāṃ devamadhye vaco'bravīt

śrutiḥ smṛtiścetihāsāḥ purāṇaṃ ca śivātmaja//
pramāṇaṃ cettato duṣṭavadhe doṣo na vidyate

svaprāṇānyaḥ paraprāṇaiḥ prapuṣṇātyaghṛṇaḥ pumān//
tadvadhastasya hi śreyo yaddoṣādyātyadhaḥ pumān

annāde bhrūṇahā mārṣṭi patyau bhāryā pacāriṇī//
gurau śiṣyaśca yājyaśca steno rājani kilbiṣam

pāpinaṃ puruṣaṃ yo hi samartho na nihaṃti ca//
tasya tāvaṃti pāpāni tadardhaṃ so'pyavāśrute

pāpino yadi vadhyaṃte naiva pālanasaṃsthitaiḥ//
tato'yamakṣamo lokaḥ kaṃ yāti śaraṇaṃ guha

kathaṃ yajñāśca vedāśca vartate viśvadhārakāḥ//
tasmāttvayā puṇyamāptaṃ na ca pāpaṃ kathaṃcana

atha cedrudrabhakteṣu bahumānastava prabho//
tatra te kīrtayiṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ mahottamam

ājanmasaṃbhavaiḥ pāpaiḥ pumānyena vimucyate//
ākalpāṃta ca vā yena rudraloke pramodate

kṛte pāpe'nutāpo vai yasya skanda prajāyate//
rudrārādhanato'nyacca prāyaśtittaṃ paraṃ na hi

na yasyālamapi brahmāmahimānaṃ vivarṇitum//
śrutiśca bhītā yaṃ vakti kiṃ tasmātparamaṃ bhavet

akāṃḍe yacca brahmāṃḍakṣayodyuktaṃ halāhalam//
kaṇṭhe dadhāra śrīkaṇṭhaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet

duḥkhatāṃḍavadīno'bhūdaṇḍasaṃkīrṇamānasaḥ//
māramāraśca yo devaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet

viyadvyāpī surasaritpravāho vipruṣākṛtiḥ//
babhūva yasya śirasi kastasmātparamo bhavet

yajñādikāśca ye dharmā vinā yasyārcanaṃ vṛthā//
dakṣo'tra satyadṛṣṭāṃtaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet

kṣoṇī ratho vidhiryaṃtā śaro'haṃ mandaro dhanuḥ//
rathāṃge cāpi caṃdrārkau yuddhe yasya ca traipure

ārādhanaṃ tasya kecidyogamārgeṇa kurvate//
duḥkhasādhyaṃ hi tatteṣāṃ nityaṃ śūnyamupāsatām

tasmāttasyārcayelliṃgaṃ bhuktimuktī ya icchati//
sṛṣṭyādau liṃgarūpī sa vivādo mama brahmaṇaḥ

abhūdyasya paricchede nālamāvāṃ babhūviva//
carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ yato līnaṃ sadātra ca

tasmālliṃgamiti proktaṃ devai rudrasya dhīmataḥ//
toyena snāpayelliṃgaṃ śraddhayā śucinā ca yaḥ

brahmāditṛṇaparyaṃtaṃ tenedaṃ tarpitaṃ jagat//
paṃcāmṛtena talliṃgaṃ snāpayedyaśca buddhimān

tarpitaṃ tena viśvaṃ syātsudhayā pitṛbhiḥ samam//
puṣpairabhyarcayelliṃgaṃ yathākālodbhavaiścayaḥ

tena saṃpūjitaṃ viśvaṃ sakalaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ//
naivedyaṃ tatra yo dadyālliṃgasyāgre vicakṣaṇaḥ

bhojitaṃ tena viśvaṃ syālliṃgasyaivaṃ phalaṃ mahat//
kimatra bahunoktena svalpaṃ vā yadi va bahu

liṃgasya kriyate yacca tatsarvaṃ viśvaprītidam//
tacca ligaṃ sthāpayedyaḥ śucau deśe subhaktitaḥ

sa sarvapāpanirmukto rudraloke pramodate//
yannityaṃ yajato yajñaiḥ phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

tacca sthāpayato liṃgaṃ śivasya śubhalakṣaṇam//
yathāgniḥ sarvadevānāṃ mukhaṃ skanda prakīrtyate

tathaiva sarvajagatāṃ mukhaṃ liṃgaṃ na saṃśayaḥ//
prāraṃbhānmucyate pāpaiḥ sarvajanmakṛtairapi

atītaṃ ca tathāgāmi kulānāṃ tārayecchatam//
mṛnmayaṃ kāṣṭhaniṣpannaṃ pakveṣṭaṃ śailameva ca

kṛtamāyatanaṃ dadyātkramācchataguṇaṃ phalam//
kalaśaṃ tatra cāropya ekaviṃśatkulairyutaḥ

ākalpāṃtaṃ rudraloke modate rudravatsukhī//
evaṃvidhaphalaṃ liṃgamato bhūyo'pyadho na hi

tasmādatra mahāsena liṃgaṃ sthāpitumarhasi//
yaduktametadaślīlaṃ yadi kiṃcana cātra cet

tadbravītu mahā sena svayaṃ sākṣī maheśvaraḥ//
evaṃ vadati goviṃde sādhuvādo mahānabhūt

mahādevo hyathāliṃgya skandaṃ vacanabravīt//
yadbhavānmama bhakteṣu prakaroti kṛpāṃ parām

tenāpi paramā prītirmama jātā tavopari//
kiṃ tu yadbhagavānāha vāsudevo jagadguruḥ

tattthā nānyathā kiṃcidatra proktaṃ hi viṣṇunā//
yo hyahaṃ sa harirjñeyo yo hariḥ so'hamityutā

nāvayoraṃtaraṃ kiṃciddīpayoriva suvrata//
enaṃ dveṣṭi sa māṃ dveṣṭiyonvetyenaṃ sa mā'nugaḥ

iti skanda vijānāti sa madbhaktonyathā na hi

//skanda uvāca//
evamevāsmi jānāmi tvāṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca śaṃkara

yacca liṃgakṛte prāha harirmāṃ dharmavatsalaḥ//
khe vāṇī tārakavadhe evameva purāha mām

liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi sarvapāpā pahaṃ tataḥ//
ekaṃ yatra pratijñā me gṛhītāsya vadhāya ca

dvitīyaṃ yatra niḥsattvasatyaktaḥ śaktyā'suro'bhavat//
tṛtīyaṃ yatra nihato hatyā pāpopaśāṃtidam

ityuktvā viśvakarmāṇamāhūya prāha pāvakiḥ//
trīṇi liṃgāni śuddhāni śīghraṃ tvaṃ kartumarhasi

vacanādbāhuleyasya nirmame devavarddhakiḥ//
trīṇi liṃgāni śuddhāni nyavedayata tāni ca

tato brahmādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ viṣṇunā śaṃkareṇa ca//
pūrvaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa paścimāyāmadūrataḥ

pratijñeśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ paramaśobhanam//
aṣṭamyāṃ bahule cātra caitre snātvā upoṣya ca

pūjāṃ ca jāgaraṃ kṛtvā mucyetpāruṣyapāpataḥ//
ityāha skaṃdaprītyarthaṃ svayaṃ tatra maheśvaraḥ

tato dvitīyaṃ liṃgaṃ tu vahnikoṇāśritaṃ tathā//
sthāpayāmāsa saraso yatra śaktirviniryayau

kapāleśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ pāpāpahaṃ śubham//
śaktiṃ ca tāmabhiṣṭūya sthāpayāmāsa tatra ca

kapāleśvarasāṃnidhyaṃ devīṃ kāpālikeśvarīm//
tatra cottaradigbhāge śakticchidraṃ pracakṣate

pātālagaṃgā yatrāstiṃ sarvapāpaharā śivā//
tatra snātvā dadau skaṃdaḥ kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ

tadā toyaṃ tārakāya sahitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ

kāśyapeyāya vajrāṃgatanayāya mahātmane//
rudrabhaktāya satilamakṣayyodakamastviti

tato maheśvaraḥ prītaḥ prāha skaṃdasya śrṛṇvataḥ//
caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe madhau caivātra yo naraḥ//
snātvopoṣya samabhyarcya kapāleśvaramīśvarīm

tejovadhasamudbhūtapātakena sa mucyate

asyāmeva tithau somaḥ śivayogaśca taitilam//
ṣaḍyogaḥ śakticchidreyo dinaṃ rudraṃ japanniśi//
snātvātra saśarīro vai rudralokaṃ vrajīṣyati

kapāleśasya sāṃnidhye śakticchidraṃ hi kīrtyate//
tasya tulyaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ pṛthivyāṃ naiva vidyate

iti śrutvā rudravākyaṃ skaṃdaḥ prīto'bhavadbhṛśam//
devāśca muditāḥ sarve sādhusādhviti te jaguḥ

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumārasthāpitajñeśvaraśakticcidreśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo..़dhyāyaḥ