Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तत्र कपिलां दद्यात्स्नात्वा नद्यां विधानतः । संपूज्य विधिवल्लिंगं मुच्यते पञ्चपातकैः
yastatra kapilāṃ dadyātsnātvā nadyāṃ vidhānataḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ mucyate pañcapātakaiḥ
Celui qui, là-bas, après s’être baigné dans la rivière selon la règle, offre une vache fauve (kapilā) et vénère le liṅga selon le rite, est délivré des cinq grands péchés.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gautameśvara (with adjacent river snāna)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At dawn by the river, a pilgrim completes snāna, then offers a kapilā cow in dāna, and finally performs orderly liṅga-pūjā at Gautameśvara with bilva leaves and lamps; the scene conveys purification and relief.
FAQs
Purification is achieved through a dharmic triad—snāna, dāna, and pūjā—performed at a sanctified kṣetra with proper observance.
Gautameśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, along with its river-bathing context.
Bathe in the river as prescribed, donate a kapilā cow, and worship the Śiva-liṅga according to rite to be freed from pañca-pātaka.