Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79
अतः प्रदोषे शिव एक एव पूज्योऽथ नान्ये हरिपद्मजाद्याः । तस्मिन्महेशे विधिनेज्यमाने सर्वे प्रसीदंति सुराधिनाथाः
ataḥ pradoṣe śiva eka eva pūjyo'tha nānye haripadmajādyāḥ | tasminmaheśe vidhinejyamāne sarve prasīdaṃti surādhināthāḥ
અતઃ પ્રદોષકાળે એકમાત્ર શિવ જ પૂજ્ય છે; હરિ (વિષ્ણુ), પદ્મજ (બ્રહ્મા) વગેરે અન્ય નહિ. તે મહેશની વિધિપૂર્વક આરાધના કરવાથી દેવોના સર્વ અધિનાયક પ્રસન્ન થાય છે.
Śāṇḍilya (deduced from immediate narrative context)
Tirtha: Pradoṣa-kāla (temporal sacred observance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa woman / household context implied by surrounding verses
Scene: Twilight (pradoṣa) worship: a devotee before a Śiva-liṅga, lamps lit, bilva leaves and water offerings; subtle presence of other devatās in the background signifying their satisfaction.
FAQs
At Pradoṣa, single-minded devotion to Śiva brings harmony and divine favor, even from all the devas.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it praises the sacred timing of Pradoṣa and Śiva’s supremacy in that observance.
Worship Śiva alone at Pradoṣa, and perform the worship 'vidhinā'—according to the proper ritual rule.