Adhyaya 191
This adhyāya gives a brief instruction within the Prabhāsa pilgrimage route. Īśvara (Śiva) speaks to Devī, directing her—and thereby pilgrims—to proceed to Ajeegarteśvara, a form of Hara located near Candravāpī, the sacred water source, and close to another revered landmark. The ritual sequence is minimal: approach the shrine, perform snāna (purifying bath) in the associated waters, and worship the liṅga. The phalaśruti declares that liṅga-pūjā after bathing frees one from dreadful grave sins (ghora-pātaka) and culminates in attaining śivapada, the exalted state of Śiva. Thus the chapter links place, practice, and salvific promise into a standard devotional protocol.
Shlokas
Verse 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि अजीगर्तेश्वरं हरम् । चन्द्रवापीसमीपस्थं कर्ममोटीसमीपतः
Īśvara said: “Then, O Great Goddess, one should go to Ajīgarteśvara—Hara—who is situated near the well called Candravāpī, and close by Karmamoṭī.”
Verse 2
तस्यां स्नात्वा महादेवि यस्तल्लिगं प्रपूजयेत् । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैर्गच्छेच्छिवपदं महत्
Having bathed there, O Great Goddess, whoever worships that Liṅga is freed from dreadful sins and attains the great state of Śiva.
Verse 191
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभासखण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येऽजीगर्तेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामैकनवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends, in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa—within the collection of eighty-one thousand verses—within the seventh, the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, and within the first part, the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the chapter entitled “The Description of the Greatness of Ajīgarteśvara,” being the one-hundred-and-ninety-first chapter.