कपालिरूपमास्थाय कपालीशस्ततः स्मृतः । सर्वपापहरो नृणां दर्शनात्स्पर्शनादपि
kapālirūpamāsthāya kapālīśastataḥ smṛtaḥ | sarvapāpaharo nṛṇāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi
कपाली का रूप धारण करने से वह ‘कपालीश’ कहलाया। वह मनुष्यों के समस्त पापों का हरण करता है—केवल दर्शन से भी और स्पर्श से भी।
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kapālīśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: Kapālīśa manifested as a liṅga or Śiva-form radiating purifying light; pilgrims approach—some merely looking, some touching the threshold or liṅga-base—while dark 'pāpa' imagery dissolves into light.
Contact with the divine—through darśana and reverent touch—purifies accumulated karma when approached with faith.
Kapālīśa/Kapālīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for pāpa-nāśana.
Implied practice of darśana and sparśa (reverent touch) of the deity/liṅga as purificatory acts.
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