Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
अगस्त्येश्वरनामानं कल्पलिंगं सुरप्रियम् । यश्चैतच्छुणुयाद्भक्त्या ऋषेस्तस्य विचेष्टितम् । अहोरात्रकृतात्पापात्तत्क्षणा देव मुच्यते
agastyeśvaranāmānaṃ kalpaliṃgaṃ surapriyam | yaścaitacchuṇuyādbhaktyā ṛṣestasya viceṣṭitam | ahorātrakṛtātpāpāttatkṣaṇā deva mucyate
ಇದು ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯೇಶ್ವರನಾಮಕ ಕಲ್ಪಲಿಂಗ, ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದುದು. ಯಾರು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಆ ಋಷಿಯ ಚರಿತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಶ್ರವಣಮಾಡುವರೋ, ಅವರು, ಹೇ ದೇವಾ, ಹಗಲು-ರಾತ್ರಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮುಕ್ತರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation; verse includes a vocative ‘deva’)
Tirtha: Agastyeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene shrine of Agastyeśvara: a radiant liṅga adorned with bilva and garlands; Ṛṣi Agastya’s presence implied through a small ascetic figure or water-pot (kamaṇḍalu). Devotees sit in a semicircle listening to a reciter; a subtle aura suggests instant purification.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through śravaṇa (devotional listening) purifies quickly; remembrance of sacred deeds and sacred sites removes sin.
Agastyeśvara (the kalpa-liṅga) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with Agastya’s āśrama and Hāṭakeśvara tradition.
Śravaṇa: listen devoutly to the narrative of Agastya and the Agastyeśvara liṅga’s greatness.
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