Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि च्यवनेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तत्रैव संस्थितं लिंगं सर्वपातकनाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi cyavaneśvaramuttamam | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ മഹാദേവീ, ഉത്തമനായ ച്യവനേശ്വരനിലേക്കു പോകണം. അവിടെയേ സ്ഥാപിതമായ ലിംഗം സർവ്വ പാപങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Pārvatī, pointing toward a shrine where a dark stone liṅga stands under a simple canopy; pilgrims approach with water pots and bilva leaves; the atmosphere suggests cleansing and sanctity.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a consecrated liṅga-site, undertaken with faith, is celebrated as a dhārmic means of purification.
Cyavaneśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
To go (gacchet) to Cyavaneśvara and approach the liṅga established there for purification from sins.