Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
कथं पूज्यानि तानीश के मंत्राः को विधिः स्मृतः । कस्मिन्पर्वणि काले वा सर्वं विस्तरतो वद
kathaṃ pūjyāni tānīśa ke maṃtrāḥ ko vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ | kasminparvaṇi kāle vā sarvaṃ vistarato vada
كيف تُعبد تلك اللِّينغا، يا ربّ؟ وأيّ المانترا تُتلى، وأيّ الطقوس مذكورة؟ وفي أيّ عيدٍ مقدّس أو في أيّ وقت—قل لي كلَّ ذلك بتفصيل.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa liṅga-ekādaśaka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī asks for the practical manual: worship steps, mantras, and auspicious occasions—shown as ritual implements laid out before a liṅga: kalaśa, bilva leaves, lamps, incense, and a calendar-like parvan wheel.
FAQs
Devotion is strengthened by right knowledge—mantra, method, and auspicious timing aligned with dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through inquiry into its eleven-liṅga worship system.
The verse asks for prescriptions: pūjā-method (vidhi), mantras, and appropriate parvan/kāla (festival/time).