Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
पातितो यत्प्रदेशे तु तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
pātito yatpradeśe tu tena jvāleśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
जिस प्रदेश में वह बाण गिरा था, उसी कारण वह ‘ज्वालेश्वर’ कहलाया। हे देवि, उसके दर्शन मात्र से मनुष्य समस्त पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jvāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devotees approach a glowing liṅga named Jvāleśvara; the aura suggests residual flame-tejas; a devotee’s posture conveys release and purification as the shrine’s radiance washes over them.
FAQs
Darśana of a sanctified liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier, dissolving accumulated pāpa through sacred contact.
Jvāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Darśana (visiting/seeing) is itself prescribed as efficacious; no additional rite is specified here.
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