Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
शिवरात्रौ वसेद्यस्तु लिंगे सिद्धेशसंज्ञिते । स्नात्वा ऋषिकृते तीर्थे किं तस्यान्येन वै द्विजाः । गत्वा तत्र महाभागा गृहीत्वा फलमुत्तमम्
śivarātrau vasedyastu liṃge siddheśasaṃjñite | snātvā ṛṣikṛte tīrthe kiṃ tasyānyena vai dvijāḥ | gatvā tatra mahābhāgā gṛhītvā phalamuttamam
Wer dort in der Śivarātri-Nacht beim Liṅga namens Siddheśa wacht und im von den ṛṣi geschaffenen Tīrtha badet—welcher anderen heiligen Handlung bedarf er noch, o Brāhmaṇen? Wer dorthin geht, o Glückselige, erlangt den höchsten Lohn.
Brahmā (continuation; exhortation to pilgrimage and Śivarātri observance)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha (paired with Siddheśa-liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ / brāhmaṇas (addressed)
Scene: Night at a Śiva shrine: devotees holding lamps, keeping vigil before the Siddheśa liṅga; then dawn procession to the rishi-made tīrtha for bathing; the scene culminates in a radiant ‘supreme fruit’ aura around the pilgrim group.
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When devotion, sacred place, and sacred time unite (Śivarātri at Siddheśvara with tīrtha-snana), the spiritual fruit is considered complete and unsurpassed.
Siddheśvara (Siddheśa) liṅga and the adjoining Ṛṣitīrtha in the Dvārakā region.
Observing Śivarātri by staying/vigil near Siddheśvara-liṅga and performing snāna at the ṛṣi-made tīrtha.