Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
संमंत्र्याघोरमंत्रेण ध्यात्वा देवं सदाशिवम् । एवं कृत्वा महादेवि मुच्यते पंचपातकैः
saṃmaṃtryāghoramaṃtreṇa dhyātvā devaṃ sadāśivam | evaṃ kṛtvā mahādevi mucyate paṃcapātakaiḥ
ಅಘೋರ ಮಂತ್ರದಿಂದ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕ ಆವಾಹನೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ದೇವ ಸದಾಶಿವನನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಿದರೆ, ಓ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ—ಇಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದವನು ಪಂಚ ಮಹಾಪಾತಕಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Śiva (addressing Mahādevī/Pārvatī explicitly)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A worshipper seated before the liṅga at night, hands in añjali, a subtle aura around the liṅga as the Aghora mantra is invoked; Sadāśiva visualized—five-faced, serene, moon-crested—appearing in meditation space above the shrine; the atmosphere is still and purifying.
FAQs
Purification is achieved through disciplined mantra-recitation and contemplative absorption in Sadāśiva, not merely by external acts.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s liṅga-worship context, where mantra and meditation are said to yield powerful purification.
Ritual invocation/japa of the Aghora mantra and dhyāna of Sadāśiva, resulting in release from pañcapātakas.
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