Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
स्नात्वा तत्र वरारोहे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पञ्चोपचारैर्विधिना भक्तिप्रह्वो जितेन्द्रियः । जपेदघोरविधिना स्तोत्रं सिद्धिं स चाप्नुयात्
snātvā tatra varārohe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | pañcopacārairvidhinā bhaktiprahvo jitendriyaḥ | japedaghoravidhinā stotraṃ siddhiṃ sa cāpnuyāt
ಹೇ ವರಾರೋಹೆ! ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡಿ, ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನಮ್ರನಾಗಿ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸಿ, ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಪಂಚೋಪಚಾರಗಳಿಂದ ಆ (ಲಿಂಗ)ವನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಅಘೋರವಿಧಾನದಿಂದ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರವನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸಿದರೆ, ಅವನು ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Vaivasvateśvara (liṅga) with Devakhāta snāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed ‘varārohe’ (a goddess/consort figure within the dialogue frame)
Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, stands before a Śiva-liṅga offering five upacāras; hands folded in devotion; a small fire-lamp and incense smoke curl upward; a palm-leaf hymn text is recited in a solemn Aghora manner; the tank glimmers nearby.
FAQs
Purification (snāna), disciplined worship, and controlled senses support mantra-practice, culminating in spiritual accomplishment (siddhi).
Vaivasvateśvara liṅga and its bathing place (linked with Devakhāta) in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Bathing, pañcopacāra worship performed by rule, and stotra-japa using the Aghora method.