Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
उद्धरेत्पितृवर्गं च मातृवर्गं च मानवः । बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्द्धके यौवनेऽपि वा । क्षालयेच्चैव तत्सर्वं दृष्ट्वा कालेश्वरं हरम्
uddharetpitṛvargaṃ ca mātṛvargaṃ ca mānavaḥ | bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā | kṣālayeccaiva tatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāleśvaraṃ haram
En contemplant Kāleśvara—Hara Lui-même—l’homme relève la lignée paternelle comme la lignée maternelle. Quel que soit le péché commis dans l’enfance, la jeunesse ou même la vieillesse, tout est lavé par la vision de Kāleśvara.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kāleśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Scene: Pilgrims approach the Kāleśvara liṅga with folded hands; a subtle stream of water and bilva leaves adorn the liṅga; ancestral figures are suggested in the background as being uplifted.
FAQs
Śiva-darśana at Kāleśvara is portrayed as a powerful purifier that benefits not only the devotee but also their ancestral lineages.
Kāleśvara/Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa).
No specific rite is mandated here; the emphasis is on darśana (beholding) of Kāleśvara as the source of pāpa-kṣaya and lineage uplift.