Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ततः प्रत्यक्षतां यातः सर्वदेवपतिः शिवः । तुष्टो बभूव चंद्रस्य क्षयनाशं तथाऽकरोत्
tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ yātaḥ sarvadevapatiḥ śivaḥ | tuṣṭo babhūva caṃdrasya kṣayanāśaṃ tathā'karot
তখন সর্বদেবপতি শিব প্রত্যক্ষ হলেন। সন্তুষ্ট হয়ে তিনি চন্দ্রের ক্ষয়-দুর্দশার অবসান করলেন।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Guptēśvara/Soma episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame); within verse, address continues toward Devī in later verse
Scene: Śiva appears directly before the waning Moon-god; the pale Soma regains luster as Śiva’s compassionate gaze ends the wasting away.
FAQs
Steady tapas in a sanctified place culminates in Śiva’s direct grace, which heals decline and restores divine order.
Devagupteśvara/Prabhāsa Kṣetra as the setting where Śiva manifests to bless Soma.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the narrative emphasizes tapas leading to Śiva’s anugraha (grace).