Skandapurana 4.67.92.2

4.67.92.2

sukṛtopārjitānyeva yayau svasadanaṃ punaḥ .. 15 ..
tavārthaṃ vāmamārthaṃ vā śraddhayā yatsamarpyate ..
kāśyāṃ tasya parīpāko bhavedīdṛgvidho'naghe .. 16 ..
liṃgaṃ ratneśvarākhyaṃ vai matsvarūpaṃ hi kevalam ..
asya prabhāvo hi mahānvārāṇasyāmume dhruvam .. 17 ..
sarveṣāmiha liṃgānāṃ ratnabhūtamidaṃ param ..
ato ratneśvaraṃ nāma paraṃ nirvāṇaratnadam .. 18 ..
anenaiva suvarṇena pitrā rāśīkṛtena ca ..
prāsādamasya liṃgasya vidhāpaya maheśvari ..19..
liṃgaprāsādakaraṇātkhaṃḍasphuṭita saṃskṛteḥ ..
liṃgasthāpanajaṃ puṇyaṃ helayaiveha labhyate .. 4.2.67.20..
tatheti bhagavatyoktvā gaṇāḥ prāsādanirmitau ..
somanaṃdi prabhṛtayo 'saṃkhyā vyāpāritā mune .. 21 ..
gaṇaiśca kāṃcanamayo nānākautukacitritaḥ ..
nirmame yāmamātreṇa prāsādo meruśṛṃgavat ..22..
devī pradṛṣṭavadanā dṛṣṭvā prāsādanirmitim ..
gaṇebhyo vyataradbhūri samānaṃ pāritoṣikam .. 23 ..
punaśca devī papraccha praṇipātapuraḥsaram ..
mahimānaṃ mahādevaṃ liṃgasyāsya mahāmune ..24..
.. devadeva uvāca .. ..
liṃgaṃ tvanādisaṃsiddhametaddevi śubhapradam ..
āvirbhūtamidānīṃ ca tvatpituḥ puṇyagauravāt .. 25 ..
guhyānāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ kṣetre'smiściṃtitapradam ..
kalau kaluṣabuddhīnāṃ gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 26 ..
yathā ratnaṃ gṛhe guptaṃ na kaiścijjñāyate paraiḥ ..
avimukte tathā liṃgaṃ ratnabhūtaṃ gṛhe mama .. 27 ..
yāni brahmāṃḍamadhyetra saṃti liṃgāni pārvati ..
tairarcitāni sarvāṇi ratneśo yaiḥ samarcitaḥ..28..
pramādenāpi yairgauri liṃgaṃ ratneśamarcitam ..
te bhavaṃtyeva niyataṃ saptadvīpeśvarā nṛpāḥ .. 29 ..

which had been earned by good deeds, went back to his abode. 15
Whatever is offered with faith for your sake or for mine, / such is the fruit of it in Kāśī, O sinless one. 16
The liṅga named Ratneśvara is indeed my own true form alone. / Great indeed is its power in Vārāṇasī, O Umā, beyond doubt. 17
Among all the liṅgas here, this is the supreme jewel. / Therefore, named Ratneśvara, it grants the supreme jewel of nirvāṇa. 18
With this very gold, heaped up by your father, / have a temple constructed for this liṅga, O Maheśvarī! 19
By building a temple for a liṅga, and by repairing damaged and cracked parts, / the merit born of establishing a liṅga is obtained with ease here." 20
Saying "So be it," the goddess dispatched innumerable gaṇas / led by Somanandin to construct the temple, O sage. 21
And by the gaṇas, a golden temple adorned with diverse marvels, / like a peak of Mount Meru, was built in just a single yāma. 22
The goddess, her face radiant with delight at seeing the temple's construction, / bestowed lavish and fitting rewards upon the gaṇas. 23
And again the goddess, bowing down, / asked Mahādeva about the greatness of this liṅga, O great sage. 24
The God of gods said:
"This auspicious liṅga is beginningless and eternally perfected, O goddess; / it has manifested now through the weight of your father's merit. 25
It is the supreme secret of secrets, granting wishes in this sacred field; / in the Kali age, it must be carefully kept secret from those of defiled intellect. 26
Just as a jewel hidden in a house is not known to any outsiders, / so is this liṅga, a jewel in Avimukta, kept in my house. 27
Whatever liṅgas exist here within the cosmic egg, O Pārvatī, / all of them have been worshipped by those who have worshipped Ratneśa. 28
Even inadvertently, O Gaurī, those who have worshipped the liṅga Ratneśa / surely become kings, rulers over the seven continents. 29