Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
लंकाद्वारे स्थितो यो वै सेतुखण्डे महेश्वरः । प्रभाते कुरुते तस्य स्वयं पूजां विभीषणः
laṃkādvāre sthito yo vai setukhaṇḍe maheśvaraḥ | prabhāte kurute tasya svayaṃ pūjāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
Au Maheśvara qui se tient à la porte de Laṅkā, dans la contrée du Setu, Vibhīṣaṇa lui-même rend le culte à l’aube.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Laṅkā-dvāra Maheśvara (Setu-khaṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Scene: At first light, Vibhīṣaṇa stands before a coastal liṅga shrine called ‘Maheśvara at Laṅkā’s gate’; the sea glows, and the shrine feels like a sentinel at the edge of worlds.
FAQs
Personal, time-bound worship (especially at dawn) is praised as a mark of sincere bhakti and dharmic order.
The Setu-khaṇḍa area near the ‘gateway of Laṅkā,’ linked in Purāṇic geography with Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram.
Prabhāta-pūjā—performing Śiva worship at dawn.