Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तानि नाशं समायांति तत्र सिद्धे श्वरार्चनात् । एवं ज्ञात्वा तु यत्नेन तत्र यात्रां समाचरेत्
tāni nāśaṃ samāyāṃti tatra siddhe śvarārcanāt | evaṃ jñātvā tu yatnena tatra yātrāṃ samācaret
Jene Hindernisse gehen dort durch die Verehrung Siddheśvaras zugrunde. Dies wissend, soll man mit Eifer die Pilgerfahrt zu jenem Ort vollziehen.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (Varārohā, Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Scene: A determined pilgrim performs Siddheśvara-arcana—offering water, bilva, incense—while dark vighna-forms dissolve; the scene ends with the pilgrim setting out on a path, symbolizing ‘yatnena yātrā’.
FAQs
Purification is achieved by worship: devotion to Siddheśvara is presented as the practical means to dissolve inner vighnas.
Siddheśvara’s shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, recommended as a destination for yātrā.
Siddheśvarārcana (worship of Siddheśvara) and purposeful yātrā (pilgrimage) are explicitly enjoined.