Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं महाकालेश्वरं प्रिये । चित्रांगदो गणो देवि तेन चाराधितं पुरा
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mahākāleśvaraṃ priye | citrāṃgado gaṇo devi tena cārādhitaṃ purā
এইদৰে, হে প্ৰিয়ে, সংক্ষেপে মহাকালেশ্বৰ বিষয়ে কোৱা হ’ল। হে দেবী, পূৰ্বতে চিত্ৰাঙ্গদ নামৰ এজন গণে ভক্তিভাৱে তেঁওক আৰাধনা কৰিছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara (later famed as Citrāṅgadeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva narrates to Devī the brief greatness of Mahākāleśvara; in the background a gaṇa named Citrāṅgada performs devoted worship before a radiant liṅga in the Prabhāsa landscape.
FAQs
Sacred sites gain authority through exemplary worshippers; even Śiva’s gaṇas model devotion to the kṣetra-deity.
Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No new prescription—this verse introduces a traditional precedent: Citrāṅgada’s ārādhana (propitiatory worship).