Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
कलेर्युगं महाघोरं प्राप्य पापसमन्वितम् । नान्येनाऽस्मिन्नुपायेन धर्म्मः स्वर्गश्च लभ्यते । विना यात्रां महादेवि सोमेशस्य न संशयः
kaleryugaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāpya pāpasamanvitam | nānyenā'sminnupāyena dharmmaḥ svargaśca labhyate | vinā yātrāṃ mahādevi someśasya na saṃśayaḥ
En cette ère de Kali, si terrifiante et chargée de péché, on n’obtient ici ni le dharma ni le ciel par aucun autre moyen. Sans le pèlerinage à Someśvara, ô Grande Déesse, il n’y a aucun doute.
Skanda (addressing Mahādevī/Devī; deduced from vocative and Purāṇic dialogue)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somanātha) at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A darkened landscape symbolizing Kali-yuga—figures burdened by chains labeled ‘pāpa’—contrasts with a radiant coastal temple of Someśvara; a path of light leads pilgrims to the liṅga, while Devī listens to the proclamation.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, pilgrimage is upheld as a decisive, grace-filled path to dharma and heavenly merit when other disciplines are difficult to sustain.
Someśvara at Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra), a major Śaiva locus in the Skanda Purāṇa.
The prescription is yātrā (pilgrimage) specifically connected with Someśvara; it is presented as essential in Kali-yuga.