Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तत्र कपिलां दद्यात्स्नात्वा नद्यां विधानतः । संपूज्य विधिवल्लिंगं मुच्यते पञ्चपातकैः
yastatra kapilāṃ dadyātsnātvā nadyāṃ vidhānataḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ
مَن كان هناك فاغتسل في النهر على وفق الشريعة، ثم قدّم بقرةً كَبِيلَا ذات لونٍ قمحيّ، وعبد اللِّينغا على الوجه اللائق—يُعتَق من الخطايا العظمى الخمس.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gautameśvara (with adjacent river snāna)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At dawn by the river, a pilgrim completes snāna, then offers a kapilā cow in dāna, and finally performs orderly liṅga-pūjā at Gautameśvara with bilva leaves and lamps; the scene conveys purification and relief.
FAQs
Purification is achieved through a dharmic triad—snāna, dāna, and pūjā—performed at a sanctified kṣetra with proper observance.
Gautameśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, along with its river-bathing context.
Bathe in the river as prescribed, donate a kapilā cow, and worship the Śiva-liṅga according to rite to be freed from pañca-pātaka.