Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
यश्चानपत्यः पुरुषस्तं समाराधयिष्यति । तस्यान्ववाये देवेशि संततिर्न विनश्यति
yaścānapatyaḥ puruṣastaṃ samārādhayiṣyati | tasyānvavāye deveśi saṃtatirna vinaśyati
যে পুরুষ নিঃসন্তান, সে যদি তাঁকে যথাবিধি আরাধনা করে—হে দেবেশী—তবে তার বংশে সন্তানের ধারাবাহিকতা নষ্ট হয় না।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A childless couple or solitary devotee stands before the liṅga with offerings; behind them, a symbolic ‘line of descendants’ appears as a blessing—small figures or a flowering family tree motif.
FAQs
Devotion at a sanctified Śiva-sthala is portrayed as capable of restoring dharmic continuity in one’s family line.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra—Pratyūṣeśvara’s shrine.
Propitiatory worship (samārādhana) of Pratyūṣeśvara, sought especially by those desiring offspring.