Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
ततः सिद्धेश्वरं लिंगं कलौ ख्यातं वरानने । यदा सोमेन संयुक्ता कृष्णा शिवचतुर्दशी । तदैव तस्य देवस्य दर्शनं देवि दुर्ल्लभम्
tataḥ siddheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kalau khyātaṃ varānane | yadā somena saṃyuktā kṛṣṇā śivacaturdaśī | tadaiva tasya devasya darśanaṃ devi durllabham
তাৰ পাছত, হে সুমুখী, কলিযুগত সেই লিঙ্গ ‘সিদ্ধেশ্বৰ’ নামে খ্যাত হ’ল। যেতিয়া কৃষ্ণপক্ষৰ শিৱ-চতুৰ্দশী সোম (চন্দ্ৰ)ৰ সৈতে যুক্ত হয়, তেতিয়াই, হে দেবী, সেই দেৱৰ দর্শন অতি দুষ্প্ৰাপ্য আৰু পৰম মহত্বপূর্ণ।
Narrator (likely Skanda) addressing Devī
Tirtha: Siddheśvara/Siddhaliṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the Siddheśvara liṅga is approached on a rare moon-linked Śiva-caturdaśī night; devotees wait in reverent stillness as the moonlight and lamp-flames reveal the liṅga’s presence.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi and lunar conjunction) and sacred place together intensify the rarity and value of divine darśana.
Siddheśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as especially renowned in Kali Yuga.
Seeking darśana/worship on Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa Śiva-Caturdaśī, particularly when it coincides with Soma (Moon-related conjunction), is emphasized as exceptionally significant.