Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
प्रथमे प्रथमे यामे महास्ना नमतः परम् । मध्याह्ने देवदेवस्य ये प्रपश्यन्ति मानवाः । संध्यामारार्तिकं भूयो न जायन्ते च मानुषाः
prathame prathame yāme mahāsnā namataḥ param | madhyāhne devadevasya ye prapaśyanti mānavāḥ | saṃdhyāmārārtikaṃ bhūyo na jāyante ca mānuṣāḥ
À chaque première veille, ceux qui accomplissent le grand bain rituel et s’inclinent avec révérence; ceux qui contemplent le Dieu des dieux à midi; et qui, de nouveau, assistent à l’ārati du soir, ne renaissent plus en tant qu’êtres humains.
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Somanātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triptych-like day cycle at Somanātha: dawn—pilgrims after a great bath bowing; noon—bright sanctum darśana of the liṅga; dusk—lamps circling in ārati with gathered devotees, the sea breeze carrying bell tones.
FAQs
Regular, time-marked temple worship (snāna, namaskāra, darśana, ārati) is portrayed as a direct path toward liberation from rebirth.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s worship of Devadeva/Someśvara (Somanātha).
Participating in the great bath (mahāsnāna), bowing (namaskāra), midday darśana, and evening ārati.