Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
प्रविश्य तत्र यो भक्त्या पूजयेद्वृषभध्वजम् । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः
praviśya tatra yo bhaktyā pūjayedvṛṣabhadhvajam | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ
Wer dort eintritt und in Hingabe den Herrn verehrt, dessen Banner den Stier trägt, gelangt zur höchsten Wohnstatt, wo der Herr Maheśvara weilt.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (entered shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed as ‘bhāmini’ in the surrounding narrative register (female interlocutor implied in this episode)
Scene: A devotee steps through a grand doorway into a dim sanctum and offers flowers and lamp to Śiva, the bull-bannered Lord; the scene suggests ascent to Śiva’s supreme abode.
FAQs
Devotional worship of Śiva in a consecrated kṣetra leads toward the highest goal—union with or proximity to Maheśvara.
The Śiva shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra, whose entry and worship are declared to grant supreme attainment.
Enter the shrine and worship Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja) with bhakti; the verse functions as a direct phalaśruti for that act.