Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
स देवः संस्थितो देवि तस्मिंल्लिंगे महाप्रभः । यस्तत्पूजयते भक्त्या कल्ये लिंगं मम प्रियम् । षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण मृत्युं जयति तत्क्षणात्
sa devaḥ saṃsthito devi tasmiṃlliṃge mahāprabhaḥ | yastatpūjayate bhaktyā kalye liṃgaṃ mama priyam | ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa mṛtyuṃ jayati tatkṣaṇāt
ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಆ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭು ದೇವನು ಆ ಲಿಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ। ಯಾರು ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನನಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದ ಆ ಲಿಂಗವನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ಷಡಕ್ಷರಿ ಮಂತ್ರದಿಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮರಣವನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Dawn at Prabhāsa: pale light entering the sanctum; devotee offering water, bilva, and lamp to the liṅga; a subtle halo shaped like a protective circle, suggesting ‘mṛtyu-jaya’ through ṣaḍakṣara.
FAQs
Devotional worship joined with mantra is portrayed as a direct means to transcend fear of death and attain divine protection.
Mahākāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform dawn worship (kalye pūjā) of the liṅga with devotion and recite the six-syllabled mantra (ṣaḍakṣara).