Skandapurana 1.1.14.5

1.1.14.5

4 atha kampānadītīrasthitaikāmratale pārvatyā saikataśivaligaṃ saṃsthāpya, svadharmācaraṇapūrvakaṃ tapaścaryākaraṇam, atha śaṃkareṇa pārvatyā dṛḍhabhaktiparīkṣaṇārthaṃ nadīpūrapravāheṇa samaṃtato vyāptau kṛtāyāṃ devyā saikataśivaliṃgasya pravāhāllayabhītyā dṛḍhamāliṃgya pūrapravāheṇa veṣṭyamānayā'pi liṅgaṃ vihāyā'nyato'gamanam, pārvatīdṛḍhaparirambhaṇataḥ saikataliṅge pārvatīkucacūcukacihnamudrāṅkitatvavarṇanam, athākāśavāṇyā pārvatīmāśvāsya tasya saikataliṃgasyābhyarhaṇe varaṃ pradāyāruṇācalaṃ prati gatvā gautamopadeśena tapaḥkaraṇārthamanujñākaraṇam, atha devyā pārvatyā tatra kaṃpānadītīre darśanārthaṃ sevārthaṃ cāgatebhyaḥ sarvadevebhya ṛṣibhyaśca saikataśivaliṅgapūjanārthamājñākaraṇam, tataḥ pārvatyāḥ sarvadevaiḥ sahāruṇādrau gautamamaharṣerāśramaṃ prati gamanam- 218 2

4. Next, Pārvatī, having installed a sand Śivaliṅga beneath the mango tree on the bank of the Kampā river, performs austerity in accordance with her own duty; then, when Śaṃkara, in order to test Pārvatī’s firm devotion, causes a flood of the river to swell on all sides, the goddess, fearing the destruction of the sand Śivaliṅga by the current, embraces it firmly and, though surrounded by the current of the flood, does not abandon the liṅga to go elsewhere; description of the sand liṅga being imprinted with the mark of Pārvatī’s nipples due to Pārvatī’s tight embrace; then, an incorporeal voice, comforting Pārvatī and granting a boon for her worship of that sand liṅga, grants permission to go to Aruṇācala and perform austerity according to the instruction of Gautama; then, the goddess Pārvatī gives an order to worship the sand Śivaliṅga to all the gods and seers who had come to the bank of the Kampā river for darśana and service; then, Pārvatī’s departure together with all the gods to the hermitage of the great seer Gautama on Aruṇādri. 218 2