Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
उद्धरेत्पितृवर्गं च मातृवर्गं च मानवः । बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्द्धके यौवनेऽपि वा । क्षालयेच्चैव तत्सर्वं दृष्ट्वा कालेश्वरं हरम्
uddharetpitṛvargaṃ ca mātṛvargaṃ ca mānavaḥ | bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā | kṣālayeccaiva tatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāleśvaraṃ haram
Durch das Schauen Kāleśvaras—Hara selbst—erhebt der Mensch sowohl die väterliche als auch die mütterliche Linie. Welche Sünde auch immer in Kindheit, Jugend oder selbst im Alter begangen wurde: alles wird durch die Vision Kāleśvaras abgewaschen.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kāleśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Scene: Pilgrims approach the Kāleśvara liṅga with folded hands; a subtle stream of water and bilva leaves adorn the liṅga; ancestral figures are suggested in the background as being uplifted.
FAQs
Śiva-darśana at Kāleśvara is portrayed as a powerful purifier that benefits not only the devotee but also their ancestral lineages.
Kāleśvara/Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa).
No specific rite is mandated here; the emphasis is on darśana (beholding) of Kāleśvara as the source of pāpa-kṣaya and lineage uplift.