Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः । सोमवारे त्वमावास्या तत्रैव बहुपुण्यदा । विप्राणां भोजनं देयं तत्र पुण्य फलेप्सुभिः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ | somavāre tvamāvāsyā tatraiva bahupuṇyadā | viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ deyaṃ tatra puṇya phalepsubhiḥ
তঁাক দর্শন কৰি পূজা কৰিলে সকলো কিল্বিষ (পাপ)ৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়। তাত যদি সোমবাৰে অমাৱস্যা পৰে, সেয়া অতি পুণ্যদায়িনী। ধৰ্মফল কামনা কৰোঁতাসকলে সেই ঠাইতে ব্ৰাহ্মণক ভোজন দান কৰিব লাগে।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kalaṃbeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims behold and worship the Kalaṃbeśvara liṅga; on a rare Monday-Amāvāsyā, a larger gathering forms. Nearby, brāhmaṇas are respectfully seated and served a full meal; the scene blends temple sanctity with charitable hospitality.
FAQs
Devotion is completed by charity: darśana and pūjā purify, and feeding brāhmaṇas seals the merit, especially on auspicious calendrical conjunctions.
Kalaṃbeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Monday-Amāvāsyā is said to be highly meritorious.
Perform darśana and pūjā of Kalaṃbeśvara; on Monday Amāvāsyā, give vipra-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) at that place for great puṇya.