Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
सप्तमोऽहं महादेव आत्रेय इति विश्रुतः । प्राचेतसेन दक्षेण शप्तस्त्वां शरणं गतः । रक्ष मां देवदेवेश क्षयिणं पापरोगिणम्
saptamo'haṃ mahādeva ātreya iti viśrutaḥ | prācetasena dakṣeṇa śaptastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | rakṣa māṃ devadeveśa kṣayiṇaṃ pāparogiṇam
يا مهاديڤا، أنا السابعُ منهم، مشهورٌ باسم آتريا. وقد لعنني دكشا ابنُ براچيتاس، فجئتُ إليك ملتجئًا. فاحفظني يا ربَّ الآلهة؛ فإني أذوي، وقد أصابني داءُ الخطيئة.
Candra (Soma), speaking to Rudra/Śiva (deduced from immediate context of Śiva granting a boon to Candra in following verses)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ātreya, weakened and penitent, kneels with folded hands before Mahādeva at Somnātha; Dakṣa’s curse is symbolized as a dark shadow or broken garland; Śiva’s compassionate gaze and protective gesture dispel the ‘sin-disease’.
FAQs
Taking refuge in Śiva transforms curse and moral affliction; devotion reframes sin and suffering as healable through divine grace.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Somnātha context where Soma’s deliverance is remembered.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and prayer.