Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
क्षयाभिभूतदेहो वा तं समभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः । सर्वदुःखान्तगो भूत्वा निर्मलं पदमाप्नुयात्
kṣayābhibhūtadeho vā taṃ samabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ | sarvaduḥkhāntago bhūtvā nirmalaṃ padamāpnuyāt
Même si le corps est accablé par une maladie qui consume, en L’adorant avec dévotion on parvient à la fin de toutes les douleurs et l’on atteint l’état sans tache.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Vimaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as 'bhavasundarī')
Scene: A devotee weakened by wasting disease offers flowers and water to a radiant liṅga; a soft aura of purity spreads, and the devotee’s suffering dissolves into calm luminosity.
FAQs
Bhakti-centered worship at a kṣetra-liṅga is depicted as granting both relief from suffering and the highest purity of attainment.
Vimaleśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised for ending duḥkha and granting a nirmala state.
Samabhyarcana—devotional worship (pūjā/arcana) of Vimaleśvara with bhakti.