Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
संगालेश्वरमासाद्य प्रभासे पापनाशने । तपः कुर्वंति सततं प्रतिष्ठाप्य महेश्वरम्
saṃgāleśvaramāsādya prabhāse pāpanāśane | tapaḥ kurvaṃti satataṃ pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram
പാപനാശകമായ പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ സംഗാലേശ്വരനെ പ്രാപിച്ച്, അവിടെ മഹേശ്വരൻ (ശിവൻ)നെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച് അവർ നിരന്തരം തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa—Saṅgāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Prabhāsa, sages install a Śiva-liṅga (Maheśvara) with ritual vessels; afterward they sit in deep meditation around the newly established shrine. The liṅga glows, suggesting pāpa-nāśana power; coastal light and temple lamps frame the scene.
FAQs
Sin is overcome through sustained tapas and devoted establishment/worship of Śiva at a sacred tīrtha.
Saṅgāleśvara at Prabhāsa, explicitly called a pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying) place.
Pratiṣṭhā (ritual establishment) of Maheśvara/Śiva and continuous tapas (austerity) as a devotional practice.