Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
अयने चोत्तरे पुण्ये श्रीसोमेशदिदृक्षया । दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं स्नात्वा तीर्थेषु कृत्स्नशः
ayane cottare puṇye śrīsomeśadidṛkṣayā | dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ snātvā tīrtheṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ
In der heiligen Zeit des Uttarāyaṇa, im Verlangen nach der glückverheißenden Schau (darśana) von Śrī Someśa, erblickte er den Gott Someśvara und vollzog, nachdem er in allen tīrthas gebadet hatte, die Riten in ihrer Gesamtheit.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Someśvara-darśana and Prabhāsa tīrtha-snāna circuit
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Devī
Scene: Gautama stands before Someśvara’s liṅga in a coastal temple, then proceeds through multiple tīrtha pools/ghāṭas performing full snāna rites under the bright Uttarāyaṇa sun.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes complete through darśana of the presiding deity and thorough tīrtha-snana performed with sincere intention.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra centered on Someśvara (Somnātha), with its network of merit-bestowing tīrthas.
Darśana of Someśvara followed by bathing in the tīrthas (tīrtha-snana) ‘in full’ (kṛtsnaśaḥ).