Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । तस्यैव पूर्वभागे तु नैरृते पापमोचनात् । मेघेश्वरेति विख्यातं सर्वपातकनाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | tasyaiva pūrvabhāge tu nairṛte pāpamocanāt | megheśvareti vikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതേ പുണ്യപ്രദേശത്തിന്റെ കിഴക്കുഭാഗത്ത്, നൈഋത്യദിശയിലായി, പാപമോചനകാരിയായതിനാൽ ‘മേഘേശ്വര’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ, സർവ്വപാതകനാശകമായ തീർത്ഥം ഉണ്ട്.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Megheśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as narrator indicates a direction within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; a small shrine labeled ‘Megheśvara’ appears, with pilgrims approaching; the atmosphere suggests purification—darkness lifting, water offerings glinting, and a sense of sins dissolving.
FAQs
Sacred places dedicated to Śiva are praised as powerful means for purification and release from sin when approached with faith.
Megheśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa).
No specific rite is stated here; the verse primarily identifies and glorifies the site as sin-destroying.