Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
धनुषां चतुरंते च लिंगं पापभयापहम् । यस्तत्पूजयते भक्त्या लिंगं भक्तियुतो नरः । कृष्णाष्टम्यां विशेषेण स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्
dhanuṣāṃ caturaṃte ca liṃgaṃ pāpabhayāpaham | yastatpūjayate bhaktyā liṃgaṃ bhaktiyuto naraḥ | kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet
നാല് ധനുസ്സിന്റെ അകലത്തിൽ പാപഭയം അകറ്റുന്ന ഒരു ലിംഗം ഉണ്ട്. ഭക്തിയോടെ ആ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന ഭക്തൻ—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് കൃഷ്ണാഷ്ടമിയിൽ—പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകും.
Unspecified in snippet (context: Śiva speaking to Devī in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gaurīśvara Liṅga (sin-fear-dispelling Liṅga described here)
Type: temple
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a small Liṅga shrine set a short distance from the Devi’s tapas center; the NE direction is subtly marked; the scene emphasizes offerings—water, bilva leaves, lamps—under a night sky suggestive of Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī observance.
FAQs
Bhakti-filled worship of the Śiva-liṅga, especially on an auspicious tithi, is praised as a direct means for purification from sins and fear.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where a sin-destroying liṅga is described at a measured sacred distance.
Liṅga-pūjā performed with devotion, highlighted as especially meritorious on Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī.