Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सोमवारेण यस्तत्र वत्सरं यावदर्चयेत् । क्षणं कृत्वा स रोगेण दारुणेनापि मुच्यते
somavāreṇa yastatra vatsaraṃ yāvadarcayet | kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa rogeṇa dāruṇenāpi mucyate
ಯಾರು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಮವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷಪೂರ್ತಿ ಆರಾಧನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ—ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರ ವ್ರತ ಮಾಡಿದರೂ—ಅವನು ಭೀಕರ ರೋಗದಿಂದಲೂ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Somēśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: A devotee performs Monday worship repeatedly through seasons: offering bilva leaves, water abhiṣeka, lamps; the afflicted body gradually becomes radiant and healthy, indicating release from dreadful disease.
FAQs
Steady devotion at a sanctified Śaiva site, especially aligned with Somavāra, is portrayed as a purifier that removes intense suffering.
Somēśvara liṅga-tīrtha described in Nāgara-khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 63.
Somavāra (Monday) worship (arcana) at the site, sustained for a year; even a brief observance is said to yield relief from severe disease.