Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
प्रथमे प्रथमे यामे महास्ना नमतः परम् । मध्याह्ने देवदेवस्य ये प्रपश्यन्ति मानवाः । संध्यामारार्तिकं भूयो न जायन्ते च मानुषाः
prathame prathame yāme mahāsnā namataḥ param | madhyāhne devadevasya ye prapaśyanti mānavāḥ | saṃdhyāmārārtikaṃ bhūyo na jāyante ca mānuṣāḥ
যারা প্রত্যেক প্রথম যামে মহাস্নান করে প্রণাম করে, মধ্যাহ্নে দেবদেবের দর্শন করে, এবং সন্ধ্যায় পুনরায় আরতি দর্শন করে—তারা আর মানবজন্ম লাভ করে না।
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Somanātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triptych-like day cycle at Somanātha: dawn—pilgrims after a great bath bowing; noon—bright sanctum darśana of the liṅga; dusk—lamps circling in ārati with gathered devotees, the sea breeze carrying bell tones.
FAQs
Regular, time-marked temple worship (snāna, namaskāra, darśana, ārati) is portrayed as a direct path toward liberation from rebirth.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s worship of Devadeva/Someśvara (Somanātha).
Participating in the great bath (mahāsnāna), bowing (namaskāra), midday darśana, and evening ārati.