Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सर्वलोकहितार्थतः । सप्तकृत्वो महादेवं सोमेशं कपिलेश्वरम् । यः पश्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स गोदानफलं लभेत्
śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ | saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram | yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet
Au quatorzième jour lunaire de la quinzaine claire, pour le bien de tous les mondes, quiconque, avec discipline et recueillement, contemple sept fois Mahādeva—Someśa, Kapileśvara—obtient un mérite égal au don d’une vache.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra); Someśa/Somnātha darśana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (implied by adjacent verses’ address style)
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim at Prabhāsa on bright fortnight caturdaśī, moving in a sevenfold circuit between two Śiva shrines—Someśa and Kapileśvara—offering water, bilva leaves, and prostrations, with the sea-breeze and temple flags in the background.
FAQs
Time (tithi) + disciplined darśana at a tīrtha multiplies merit and channels it toward universal welfare.
Kapileśvara (also called Someśa/Mahādeva) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
On bright-fortnight caturdaśī, perform disciplined darśana of Kapileśvara seven times to gain godāna-equivalent merit.