Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
रुद्रावर्त्ते नरो गत्वा दृष्ट्वा योगेश्वरं हरम् । शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां विपाप्मा जायते ध्रुवम्
rudrāvartte naro gatvā dṛṣṭvā yogeśvaraṃ haram | śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vipāpmā jāyate dhruvam
രുദ്രാവർത്തത്തിൽ ചെന്നു ശുക്ലപക്ഷത്തിലെ ചതുര്ദശിക്ക് യോഗേശ്വരനായ ഹരനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ നിശ്ചയമായും പാപമുക്തനാകുന്നു.
Brahmasaṃbhava Muni (deduced from concluding verse of the passage)
Tirtha: Rudrāvarta
Type: āvarta
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: On a bright-fortnight caturdaśī, pilgrims stand before a Śiva shrine at Rudrāvarta; Hara is envisioned as Yogīśvara—serene, ash-smeared, with matted locks—granting purifying glance.
FAQs
Right timing (śukla-caturdaśī) combined with Śiva-darśana at a holy place is taught as a direct path to purification.
Rudrāvarta, with emphasis on darśana of Yogeśvara Hara there.
Visit Rudrāvarta and take darśana of Śiva specifically on the bright fortnight’s caturdaśī.