Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
पातितो यत्प्रदेशे तु तेन ज्वालेश्वरः स्मृतः । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
pātito yatpradeśe tu tena jvāleśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ಆ ಬಾಣವು ಯಾವ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿತೋ, ಅದರಿಂದಲೇ ಅದು ‘ಜ್ವಾಲೇಶ್ವರ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ. ದೇವಿ, ಅದನ್ನು ದರ್ಶನಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದಲೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jvāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devotees approach a glowing liṅga named Jvāleśvara; the aura suggests residual flame-tejas; a devotee’s posture conveys release and purification as the shrine’s radiance washes over them.
FAQs
Darśana of a sanctified liṅga is presented as a powerful purifier, dissolving accumulated pāpa through sacred contact.
Jvāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Darśana (visiting/seeing) is itself prescribed as efficacious; no additional rite is specified here.