Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तुष्टश्चाहं ततस्तस्य वराणां च शतं ददौ । अद्यापि तत्र देवेशि यमेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । यमद्वितीयायां दृष्ट्वा यमलोकं न पश्यति
tuṣṭaścāhaṃ tatastasya varāṇāṃ ca śataṃ dadau | adyāpi tatra deveśi yameśvaramiti śrutam | yamadvitīyāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā yamalokaṃ na paśyati
Zufrieden gewährte ich ihm daraufhin hundert Gnaden. Noch heute, o Göttin der Götter, ist jener Ort unter dem Namen „Yameśvara“ berühmt. Und wer (jenen Herrn) am Tag Yamadvitīyā erblickt, erblickt das Reich Yamas nicht.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Yameśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva, radiant and tranquil, grants a cascade of boons to the tapasvin Yama before the Prabhāsa liṅga; the shrine is labeled ‘Yameśvara’. Pilgrims arrive on Yamadvitīyā with lamps and offerings, symbolically turning away from Yamaloka’s gates.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace at a tīrtha transforms destiny: sincere worship culminates in boons and in protection from fear of death and Yama’s jurisdiction.
Yameśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, a named sacred spot whose renown is tied to Yama’s devotion and Śiva’s boon.
Darśana of Yameśvara specifically on Yamadvitīyā, stated to confer the fruit of not seeing (i.e., not going to) Yamaloka.