Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
दिनेदिने भवेत्तस्य वाजिमेधाधिकं फलम् । माघे मासि तृतीयायां या नारी तं प्रपूजयेत् । तदन्वयेऽपि दौर्भाग्यं दुःखं शोकश्च नो भवेत्
dinedine bhavettasya vājimedhādhikaṃ phalam | māghe māsi tṛtīyāyāṃ yā nārī taṃ prapūjayet | tadanvaye'pi daurbhāgyaṃ duḥkhaṃ śokaśca no bhavet
Day by day, for such a worshipper the fruit becomes greater than that of the Aśvamedha sacrifice. And in the month of Māgha, on the third lunar day (tithi), the woman who worships him—within her lineage too, misfortune, sorrow, and grief will not arise.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Puṣkara-tīrtha / associated liṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A calendar-marked Māgha tṛtīyā: women devotees approach the liṅga with lamps and flowers; a symbolic aśvamedha horse fades in the background to show ‘surpassing’ merit; the household lineage is shown prospering without sorrow.
FAQs
Consistent devotion can surpass even grand Vedic sacrifices, and sincere worship brings well-being not only to the devotee but to the family line.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its powerful liṅga worship, connected with Puṣkara tīrtha practice mentioned just prior.
Worship performed daily; a special observance is highlighted for Māgha month on tṛtīyā, especially for women devotees.