Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तल्लिंगं समनुप्राप्य गायत्रीं जपते तु यः । ब्राह्मणस्तु शुचिर्भूत्वा मुच्यते दुष्प्रतिग्रहात्
talliṃgaṃ samanuprāpya gāyatrīṃ japate tu yaḥ | brāhmaṇastu śucirbhūtvā mucyate duṣpratigrahāt
যে ব্যক্তি সেই লিঙ্গের নিকটে গিয়ে গায়ত্রী জপ করে, সে ব্রাহ্মণ শুচি হয়ে দুষ্প্রতিগ্রহ (অযোগ্য দান গ্রহণ)-দোষ থেকে মুক্ত হয়।
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from adjoining context in this prasaṅga)
Tirtha: Gayatrī-pratiṣṭhita Ādya-liṅga (Pāpaghnaliṅga)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A purified brāhmaṇa sits near the liṅga in japa posture, counting a mālā; the liṅga radiates calm; symbolic ‘burden’ of improper gifts dissolves as dark knots/coins fade away.
FAQs
Mantra-japa performed at a powerful tīrtha becomes a form of purification (prāyaścitta), restoring dharmic integrity.
The liṅga associated with Gāyatrī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Brahmakuṇḍa Māhātmya setting.
Approach the liṅga and perform Gāyatrī-japa; the stated fruit is release from the sin of duṣpratigraha.