Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा चतुर्दश्याममावास्यां विशेषतः । श्राद्धं च विधिवत्कृत्वा ब्रह्मेशं पूजयेत्ततः
tatra snātvā caturdaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | śrāddhaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvā brahmeśaṃ pūjayettataḥ
ત્યાં સ્નાન કરીને—વિશેષ કરીને ચતુર્દશી અને અમાવાસ્યાના દિવસે—વિધિપૂર્વક શ્રાદ્ધ કરીને, પછી બ્રહ્મેશ (બ્રહ્મેશ્વર)ની પૂજા કરવી જોઈએ.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Brahmakūṇḍa (near Brahmeśvara)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: Pilgrims descend stepped banks of Brahmakūṇḍa at dawn; one performs snāna, another offers piṇḍa and tarpaṇa; afterward they approach the Brahmeśvara liṅga with lamps and bilva leaves.
FAQs
Purification through tīrtha-bathing and honoring ancestors is completed by devotion to Śiva through worship.
The bathing-place associated with Brahmakūṇḍa and the worship-site of Brahmeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Snāna at the site on caturdaśī and amāvāsyā, performance of śrāddha, and subsequent pūjā of Brahmeśa.