Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तं दृष्ट्वा व्याधिना मर्त्यो पीड्यते न कदाचन । नान्धो न बधिरो मूको न रोगी न च निर्धनः । कदाचिज्जायते मर्त्यस्तेन दृष्टेन भूतले
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyādhinā martyo pīḍyate na kadācana | nāndho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirdhanaḥ | kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale
Dengan memandang Dia (Tuhan/Śiva di tempat suci itu), seorang manusia tidak lagi disiksa penyakit. Di bumi ini, siapa yang telah melihat-Nya tidak akan lahir kapan pun sebagai buta, tuli, bisu, sakit, atau miskin.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Anileśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devotees behold the liṅga at Anileśvara; a visual contrast between afflicted figures (disease, disability, poverty) and their transformation into healthy, radiant pilgrims after darśana.
FAQs
Śiva-darśana at the praised kṣetra is portrayed as a purifier whose merit removes suffering and adverse rebirth-conditions.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the context of Anileśvara’s māhātmya within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.
No separate ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the merit (phala) of darśana—beholding the deity at the holy place.