Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
तेन तत्स्थापितं लिंगं क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके शुभे । यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या पापयुक्तोऽपि मानवः । स मुक्तः पातकैः सर्वैर्याति लोकमुमापतेः
tena tatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe | yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā pāpayukto'pi mānavaḥ | sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairyāti lokamumāpateḥ
ಅವನು ಶುಭವಾದ ಪ್ರಾಭಾಸ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಲಿಂಗವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು. ಪಾಪಯುಕ್ತನಾದ ಮಾನವನೂ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಅದನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಿದರೆ, ಸರ್ವ ಪಾತಕಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಉಮಾಪತಿಯ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Īśvara (Śiva) (explicit in nearby context of the māhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Jāmadagnyeśvara (liṅga at Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paraśurāma consecrates a radiant black-stone liṅga in the auspicious Prabhāsa field; later, a repentant sinner offers bilva and water, and a luminous path opens toward Umāpati’s realm.
FAQs
Devotional worship (bhakti) at a sanctified tīrtha can dissolve even heavy sin and lead the devotee toward Śiva’s realm.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prābhāsika kṣetra), where the liṅga is said to be established.
Liṅga-pūjā performed with bhakti; the emphasis is on heartfelt devotion rather than merely external ritual.